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The experiment's significance was reinforced by its pedagogical value; the Hershey-Chase experiment became a staple of molecular biology textbooks. The blender experiment exemplified Hershey's ...

The Hershey-Chase Experiment was a groundbreaking study conducted in 1952 that demonstrated that DNA is the genetic material responsible for heredity. By using bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria), Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase provided evidence that DNA, rather than protein, carries genetic information, thus confirming the role of nucleic acids in the Central Dogma of Molecular ...

Definition of Hershey and Chase Experiment. Hershey and Chase's experiment has demonstrated the DNA is the genetic material where they have taken the radioactive T2-bacteriophage (Viruses that infect E.coli bacteria). T2-bacteriophage or Enterobacteria phage T2 belongs to the Group-I bacteriophage. The genome of the T2-bacteriophage comprises ...