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  • Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a "triplet"?Option: 1 Hershey and Chase

Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a "triplet"?

Option: 1

Hershey and Chase


Option: 2

Morgan and Sturtevant


Option: 3

Beadle and Tatum


Option: 4

Nirenberg and Mathaei


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  • The chemical method for deciphering the genetic code was developed by Har Gobind Khorana.
  • This was instrumental in synthesising RNA molecules with a defined combination of bases while the cell-free protein synthesis system developed by Marshall Nirenberg ultimately contributed to the decipherment of the code.
  • Thus, Nirenberg and Mathaei (1961) experimentally proved that three nitrogen bases code for a single amino acid called a triplet codon.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4).

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