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In the Hershey-Chase Waring blender experiment, what was the purpose of using the blender?
In the Hershey-Chase Waring blender experiment, what was the purpose of using the blender?
- To separate the phage protein from the bacterial cells.
- To detach the phage protein from the phage particles.
- To determine whether DNA or protein was the genetic material. (correct)
- To inject phage DNA into bacterial cells.
What can bacteriophages be used to test?
What can bacteriophages be used to test?
- The life cycle of bacterial cells.
- Whether bacteria can produce new phages.
- Which substance contained information to produce new phage. (correct)
- The structure of DNA in bacteria.
How do bacteriophages replicate themselves inside a bacterial host?
How do bacteriophages replicate themselves inside a bacterial host?
- By remaining inside the shell of the phage particles.
- By injecting their genetic material into the bacterial cell. (correct)
- By attaching to the outer surface of the bacterial cell.
- By replicating through a process of binary fission.
What is the key feature of the Watson-Crick model for DNA structure?
What is the key feature of the Watson-Crick model for DNA structure?
What did Wilkins and Franklin use X-rays for in determining DNA patterns?
What did Wilkins and Franklin use X-rays for in determining DNA patterns?
What did the transformation principle seek to explain?
What did the transformation principle seek to explain?
What was the major component of 'nuclein' extracted by Meischer in 1869 from human white blood cells?
What was the major component of 'nuclein' extracted by Meischer in 1869 from human white blood cells?
What did the Feulgen reaction in 1923 reveal about DNA?
What did the Feulgen reaction in 1923 reveal about DNA?
Which scientists demonstrated bacterial transformation, implicating DNA as the substance of genes?
Which scientists demonstrated bacterial transformation, implicating DNA as the substance of genes?
What did Hershey and Chase use in their blender experiments to study DNA’s function?
What did Hershey and Chase use in their blender experiments to study DNA’s function?
In Hershey-Chase's Waring blender experiment, which component of the bacteriophage T2 was labeled with radioactive sulfur?
In Hershey-Chase's Waring blender experiment, which component of the bacteriophage T2 was labeled with radioactive sulfur?
What did the blender experiments of Hershey and Chase reveal about DNA?
What did the blender experiments of Hershey and Chase reveal about DNA?
What was the main finding of Griffith's experiment with two strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae?
What was the main finding of Griffith's experiment with two strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae?
What substance did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty identify as the 'transforming principle' in their experiment?
What substance did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty identify as the 'transforming principle' in their experiment?
What did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty confirm about DNA in their experiments?
What did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty confirm about DNA in their experiments?
In the context of genetic transformation, what is the significance of R and S strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae?
In the context of genetic transformation, what is the significance of R and S strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae?
What did Griffith's experiments and Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's work collectively establish about genetic material?
What did Griffith's experiments and Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's work collectively establish about genetic material?
'Transforming principle' mentioned in the context of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's work refers to:
'Transforming principle' mentioned in the context of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's work refers to:
