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penguins

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on: Jul 18, 2013
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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Reply #1 on: Jul 18, 2013
Surely the answer is A. Bye!


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Reply #2 on: Aug 16, 2013
Thank you so much.


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