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Principles Of Inheritance And Variation

Question
CBSEENBI12002790

One gene – one enzyme hypothesis was postulated by

  • R. Franklin

  • Hershey and Chase

  • A. Garrod

  • Beadle and Tatum

Solution

D.

Beadle and Tatum

'One gene - one enzyme' hypothesis was given by Beadle and Tatum (1948) which states that particular gene controls the synthesis of specific enzyme. Later, it was modified to 'one gene-one polypeptide hypothesis' by Yanofsky et.al. (1965).