Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that

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Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that (A) cells need specific enzymes in order to function (B) genes are made of DNA (C) genes carry information for making proteins (D) enzymes are required to repair damaged DNA information

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Beadle and Tatum proposed their one gene one enzyme hypothesis on the basis of biochemical genetics in Neurospora crassa. Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould lacke a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that genes carry information for making proteins.

Q. Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that

cells need specific enzymes in order to function

genes are made of DNA

genes carry information for making proteins

enzymes are required to repair damaged DNA information

Beadle and Tatum proposed their one gene one enzyme hypothesis on the basis of biochemical genetics in Neurospora crassa. Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould lacke a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that genes carry information for making proteins.