Biology:Question about the Hershey and Chase expirement?

They constructed phages with proteins labeled with radioactive sulfur-35 and DNA labeled with radioactive phosphorus-32. They were able to show that the labeled proteins remained outside that bacterial cell when bacteria were infected, while the labeled DNA was incorporated into the cell. This supported the idea that DNA, not protein, was the genetic material.

They had 2 containers, each with bacteriophage-infected bacteria (bacteriophages infect bacteria). In the 1st container/tube, they added 35-sulfur, which is an radioactive isotope that labels protein. In the 2nd container/tube, they added 32-protein, which labels DNA.

This experiment works because the bacteriophage is only made out of 2 things- protein and DNA. That means it's either protein or DNA that is passed onto the offspring Then they centrifuged/blended it after the bacteriophage infected the bacteria. (by doing this, the bacteriophage/bacteria solution was separated into 2 -kinda like oil and water- the top solution is called the supernatant, which would have the phage, and the bottom solution is called the pellet, which would have the bacteria).

In the 1st tube (35-Sulfur), the supernatant was colored. In the 2nd tube, the pellet was colored, meaning that the DNA of the bacteriophage was passed onto the bacteria. So dna=genetic material.

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