Which of the following were part of the experiments of Hershey and Chase?
A)Mice were injected with type R bacteria and developed pneumonia.
B)Mice were injected with type S bacteria and developed pneumonia.
C)DNA isolated from type S bacteria killed by heating transformed type R bacteria.
D)E.coli bacteria were infected with virus labeled with radioactive phosphorus.
E)The researchers made models of the DNA molecule.

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Hershey and Chase used E.coli bacteria infected with a virus labeled with radioactive phosphorus to demonstrate that DNA, and not protein, was the genetic material transferred between viruses and bacteria during infection. Options A and B are not accurate descriptions of their experiments, while options C and E were not part of their experiments.

Which of the Following Were Part of the Experiments of Hershey