Hershey and Chase performed an elegant experiment that convinced most biologists that DNA, rather than protein, was the genetic material. This experiment subjected bacteria to the same gene transfer mechanism as occurs in
A) transduction.
B) transformation.
C) conjugation.
D) binary fission.
E) endosymbiosis.

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Hershey and Chase's experiment involved using bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) to show that DNA is the genetic material transferred to bacteria during infection, a process known as transduction.

Hershey and Chase Performed an Elegant Experiment That Convinced Most