Read the Information Below and Then Answer the Questions That

Multiple Choice

Read the information below and then answer the questions that follow. In an experiment similar to those by Beadle and Tatum, Neurospora spores were mutated and grown in minimal medium test tubes. Mutants unable to grow without the amino acid "L"were isolated. Compounds A, B, and C are precursors to L. The following data are generated by providing these compounds to the mutants.
Data: All strains grow if given compound L.
Strains that grow given compound B also grow if given A or C.
Strains that grow given compound C do not grow if given only B or A.
Strains that grow given compound A will also grow if given C, but not if given only B.
-George Beadle and Edward Tatum were awarded the Nobel prize for their work on:

A) crossing over in the large chromosomes of Drosophila.
B) how X rays damage DNA to cause mutations.
C) genetics of pea plants.
D) the structure of DNA.
E) the one-gene, one-enzyme hypothesis.