Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    The Pneumococcus experiment proves that

    A)  DNA is the genetic material

    B)  RNA sometime controls the production of DNA and proteins

    C)  bacteria undergo binary fission

    D)  bacteria do not reproduce sexually

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Frederick Griffith (1928) found that something passed from heat-killed encapsulated forms of Pneumococcus to live non-capsulated forms which caused them to develop capsules and become virulent. Avery\[\mathbf{et}\]\[\mathbf{al}\], (1944) found this transforming agent (hence genetic material) to be DNA.


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