Read Hershey and Chase 1952 (file I attached), then please answer for the questions
- What is phage? What component of the phage does S35 represent? What component does P32 represent?
What is the significance of its separation into ghosts and DNA? - What is the difference between absorption and adsorption, in the context of this experiment?
- How did the introduction of treatment variables ‘running time in blender’ and ‘multiplicity of infection’
influence the conclusions drawn by the authors? - What is the significance of the finding that phage sulfur takes no part in manufacture of intracellular phage?
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