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What did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty conclude from their experiment on the transforming principle?

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a

All biochemicals equally contribute to the transformation process.

b

Proteins are the hereditary material responsible for transformation.

c

RNA is the key molecule involved in the transformation of R bacteria into S bacteria.

d

DNA from S bacteria was responsible for transforming R bacteria into S bacteria.

answer is C.

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 Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty purified biochemicals (proteins, DNA, RNA, etc.) from the heat-killed S cells to see which ones could transform live R cells into S cells. They discovered that DNA alone from S bacteria caused R bacteria to become transformed.

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