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Which researchers used radioactive markers in experiments tho show that DNA was the genetic material in cells?

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Answer:

C. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase

Step-by-step explanation:

They conducted experiments to test whether protein or DNA was the hereditary material viruses transfer when viruses enter a bacterium. They used radioactive sulfur to mark the protein and radioactive phosphorous to mark the DNA.

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Answer:

The Hershey–Chase experiments were a series of experiments conducted in 1952 by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase that helped to confirm that DNA is genetic material.

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