What hypothesis did Beadle and Tatum propose from their experiment?
Gene-disease Hypothesis
One gene-one enzyme hypothesis
Gene-Protein Hypothesis
RNA world hypothesis
Answer
The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, proposed by Beadle and Tatum, suggests that each gene in an organism controls the production of a specific enzyme, which in turn catalyzes a particular chemical reaction. This concept was derived from their groundbreaking experiments with the fungus Neurospora crassa, where they demonstrated that mutations in specific genes disrupted enzyme function, leading to corresponding metabolic abnormalities.
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