In the 1950s, Hershey and Chase conducted a now famous experiment to determine whether DNA or protein carried the hereditary information in bacteriophage T2. What method did they used to selectively label the DNA and protein components of bacteriophage T2?

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Hershey and Chase used radioactive sulfur (³⁵S) to label the protein and radioactive phosphorus (³²P) to label the DNA, as sulfur is found in proteins but not in DNA, and phosphorus is found in DNA but not in proteins.

In the 1950s, Hershey and Chase Conducted a Now Famous