KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-2

  • question_answer
    Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme- Their experiments demonstrated that

    A) cells need specific enzymes in order to function

    B) genes are made of DNA

    C) genes carry information for making proteins

    D) enzymes are required to repair damaged DNA Information

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] The experiments demonstrated that genes carry information for making proteins. Beadle and Tatum proposed one gene one enzyme hypothesis on the basis of biochemical genetics in Neurospora crassa. Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould lacks a specific enzyme and were unable to form the protein.


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