Biology 10th Edition by Eldra Solomon,Charles Martin,Diana Martin,Linda Berg

Exercise 16

ANALYZING DATA. In the Hershey-Chase experiment, the radioactive label 32 P was present inside bacterial cells (i.e., in the pellet), whereas the radioactive label 35 S was present outside bacterial cells (in the supernatant). What would the researchers have concluded had the reverse been true-that is, if the radioactive label 35 S was inside the cells and the radioactive label 32 P was outside the cells?