MGIMS WARDHA MGIMS WARDHA Solved Paper-2004

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    Which organism was used by Beadle and Tatum to proposed one gene-one enzyme hypothesis?

    A)  E. coli                                   

    B)  Nostoc

    C)  Drosophila                        

    D)  Neurospora

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     G.W. Beadle and E.L. Tatum (Nobel prize winners of 1958) demonstrated by the biochemical mutation experiment in Neurospora that genes express themselves through synthesis of enzymes. They proposed a concept called "one gene-one enzyme hypothesis".


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