NEET Biology question

Work of Beadle and Tatum on *Neurospora crassa* proved that

(A)Replication of DNA is semi-conservative
(B)Viruses have genetic material
(C)Every gene is responsible for specific enzymesCorrect
(D)Plant cells are totipotent

Answer: (C)

Solution

Beadle and Tatum's experiments with X-ray-induced mutants of the bread mould *Neurospora crassa* showed that each mutation blocked one specific enzymatic step in a biochemical pathway, leading them to formulate the one gene–one

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