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Question
In the Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty experiment, what was the primary aim of the research?
Options
To biochemically identify and characterise the transforming principle and determine whether it was DNA, RNA, or protein
To demonstrate that proteins are the only genetic material in cells
To isolate and culture new strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae
To prove that bacteria can survive extreme temperatures
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Solution
The primary aim was to biochemically identify and characterise the transforming principle discovered by Griffith to specifically determine whether it was DNA, RNA, or protein. This required systematic enzyme treatments to eliminate each possibility and identify the true genetic material.
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