Question 4

(Multiple Choice)

What did the experiment by Avery,MacLeod,and McCarty in 1944 with the R and S strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrate?


A)DNA was the genetic material in cells.
B)R strain phenotype could spontaneously revert to S strain phenotype.
C)Genetic material from one strain could be transferred to another strain.
D)The ability of these bacteria to kill mice.
E)That some strains of Streptococcus were not pathogenic.

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