Beadle and Tatum performed classics experiment of Neurospora crassa to explain :

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Beadle and Tatum performed classics experiment of Neurospora crassa to explain : (A) one gene produce one enzyme (B) one enzyme can correct one gene (C) both [a] and [b] (D) none of the above

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Beadle and Tatum (1941) worked on Neurospora crassa and proposed one gene one enzyme hypothesis. For their excellent work they were awarded Nobel Prize in 1958. According to one gene one enzyme hypothesis one gene code for one protein (enzyme) which catalyze one biochemical reaction.

Q. Beadle and Tatum performed classics experiment of Neurospora crassa to explain :

one gene produce one enzyme

one enzyme can correct one gene

both [a] and [b]

none of the above

Beadle and Tatum $(1941)$ worked on Neurospora crassa and proposed one gene one enzyme hypothesis. For their excellent work they were awarded Nobel Prize in $1958$ . According to one gene one enzyme hypothesis one gene code for one protein (enzyme) which catalyze one biochemical reaction.