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The final proof for DNA as the genetic material came from the experiments of:

  1. A
    Hershey and Chase
  2. B
    Avery, Mcleod and McCarty
  3. C
    Hargobind Khorana
  4. D
    Griffith

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While Griffith discovered "transformation" and Avery et al. identified the "transforming principle" as DNA, the final/unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material came from Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase's experiment () using radioactive isotopes and on bacteriophages.

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The final proof for DNA as the genetic material came from the experiments of:
A
Hershey and Chase
B
Avery, Mcleod and McCarty
C
Hargobind Khorana
D
Griffith

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