in the hershey-chase experiment, bacteriophages were found to transfer dna to future generations because the cells harvested in the second generation of growth contained radioactive

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It was observed in hershey-chase experiment of bacteriophages that radioactive phosphorous was found to be existing in the bacterial cell

  • In this experiment, viruses which are grown in presence of radioactive sulfur contained radioactive protein.

  • The radioactive sulfur were found outside the bacterial cell.

What are bacteriophages?

Bacteriophages are viruses which infect bacteria. They do this by parasitizing bacteria and reproducing in them.

Interestingly, bacteriophages are usually, frequently and most of the times used in genetic research

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