If Hershey and Chase had used radioactive oxygen in their experiments instead of phosphorus and sulfur, what results would they have likely obtained?

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Hershey and Chase used radioactive phosphorus and sulfur to distinguish between DNA and proteins because DNA contains phosphorus but not sulfur, and proteins contain sulfur but not phosphorus. If they had used radioactive oxygen, they would have observed radioactivity in both the pellet (where the DNA and any cellular components would be) and the liquid (where some proteins and other molecules could be) because both DNA and proteins contain oxygen.

If Hershey and Chase Had Used Radioactive Oxygen in Their