I: | Griffith discovered the process of bacterial transformation. |
II: | Hershey and Chase unequivocally proved that DNA is the genetic material. |
III: | Meselson and Stahl showed that DNA replicated semi-conservatively. |
1. | Only I and II are correct |
2. | Only I and III are correct |
3. | Only II and III are correct |
4. | I, II and III are correct |
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A): | Semiconservative replication was experimentally proved by Mathew Meselson and Franklin Stahl (1958) |
Reason (R): | Meselson and Stahl used radioactive isotope \(^{15}N\) and equilibrium density gradient centrifugation technique. |
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
2. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
Statement I: | DNA polymerases catalyse polymerisation only in one direction, that is 5' →3' |
Statement II: | During replication of DNA, on one strand the replication is continuous while on other strand it is discontinuous. |