Hershey and Chase used radiolabeled macromolecules to identify the material that contains heritable information.What radioactive material was used to track DNA during this experiment?

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Hershey and Chase used radioactive phosphorus (P-32) to label DNA because DNA contains phosphorus in its phosphate backbone, but no sulfur, which is found in proteins. This allowed them to distinguish DNA from proteins and demonstrate that DNA is the genetic material.

Hershey and Chase Used Radiolabeled Macromolecules to Identify the Material