AIPMT PRELIMS2009Botany-Genetics
AIPMT PRELIMS 2009 Botany Genetic Code MCQ Question
Type: MCQ-conceptual-Medium-Class 12
Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a “triplet”?
A
Hershey and Chase
B
Morgan and Sturtevant
C
Beadle and Tatum
D
Nirenberg and Mathaei
Correct Answer
Option D
Detailed Explanation
Nirenberg and Mathaei's experiments demonstrated that the genetic code is composed of triplets of nucleotides.
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