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Why did biologists originally think protein was hereditary material?
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∙ 13y ago
Proteins are constructed in cells according to the instructions coded into DNA. Proteins are also much easier to see than the coding of DNA molecules, so there was a time where differences between proteins were detectable and differences in DNA were not detectable. As such, the logical hypothesis is that proteins are inherited and duplicated without any other source of instructions. In fact, it is DNA that is hereditary, and the variations in proteins that were observed to be hereditary previously are now understood to be artefacts from the use of the same DNA instructions.
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What is the nitrogenous material in an animal substance that is necessary for body building called?
Protein
Are there any herbivorous snakes?
Snakes are carnivores - not omnivores ! An omnivore eats both meat protein and plant material - Snakes feed exclusively on meat protein !
How do frogs get protein?
Frogs get protein by eating live prey.
What is the process by which a protein is constructed?
Protein Synthesis :), also known as TRANSLATION.
How much protein is in milo feed?
Milo runs at around 8.9% protein.
It is a strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating?
Virus :)
What a strand of hereditary material surrounded by a protein coating?
virus
In a cell what part is a strand of hereditary material surounded by a protein coating?
A Virus
What stand of hereditary material surrounding by a protein coating?
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
What is a noncellular particle containing hereditary material called?
A Virus They have a protein coat to encase them
Group of microorganisms composed only of hereditary material wrapped in a protein covering?
virus~
What scientist determined that DNA not protein was the hereditary material?
James Watson and Francis Crick
What does surrounds the hereditary material of a virus?
The capsid. Made of protein, and sometimes various types of proteins.
How did the Hershey and chase experiment produce evidence the DNA and not protein is the hereditary material in viruses?
They found that all of the viral DNA and little of the protein had entered E. coli cells. Then they concluded that DNA is the hereditary molecule in viruses.
Is a cell Made up of hereditary material compounded by a protein?
The gel like substance found inside the cell is
Hershey and Chase proved that?
that DNA rather than the protein coat of a virus contains the hereditary material.
How did the Hershey and Chase experiment produce evidence that DNA and not protein is the hereditary material and viruses?
They found that all of the viral DNA and little of the protein had entered E. coli cells. Then they concluded that DNA is the hereditary molecule in viruses.
