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In the Hershey and Chase Experiment, Why Was the Pellet

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In the Hershey and Chase experiment, why was the pellet radioactive after bacteria had been infected with 32P-labelled viruses and centrifuged?


A) The bacteria had incorporated radioactive proteins into their cell membranes.
B) The virus particles had incorporated radioactive proteins from the bacterial DNA.
C) The bacteria had incorporated radioactive DNA.
D) The bacteria had incorporated radioactive proteins into their DNA.

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