Question

Study the following statements and select the correct option.

Statement I: In the experiment performed by Hershey and Chase, viruses grown on radioactive phosphorus medium contained radioactive DNA, but not radioactive protein.

Statement II: DNA contains phosphorus, whereas protein lacks phosphorus

Options

• Both the statements are correct.  

• Both the statements are incorrect.

• Statement ii is incorrect whereas statement i is correct.

• Statement i is incorrect whereas statement ii is correct.

Answer 1

Both the statements are correct.