After their experiment, Hershey and Chase concluded that the radioactively labeled sulfur, but not the phosphorus, was found within the bacteria.

Radioactively Labeled

Molecules marked with radioactive isotopes, enabling their detection or tracking in biological and chemical processes.

Genetic Material

The DNA and RNA in cells that carries the genetic information essential for inheritance and cell function.

Hershey And Chase

Scientists who conducted experiments in 1952 with bacteriophages that helped to prove that DNA is the genetic material of viruses.