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Question
Who formulated the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis? a. Beadle and Tatum b. Watson and Crick c. Franklin d. Hershey and Chase
Correct Answer
Option A is the correct answer.
Detailed Explanation
George Beadle and Edward Tatum, through experiments on the bread mold Neurospora crassa, proposed the 'one gene-one enzyme' hypothesis in the 1940s. It stated that each gene controls the production of one specific enzyme. This was later refined to 'one gene-one polypeptide'.
Hint
They used mold to link genes to enzymes.