What did Salvador Luria's work show about phages?
Genetic structure
Chemical composition
Physical appearance
Behavior patterns
Answer
Genetic structure: Salvador Luria's work demonstrated that phages, or viruses that infect bacteria, have a genetic structure. He discovered that phages can undergo genetic recombination, a process in which genetic material is exchanged between two different phages. This finding provided evidence that phages have a genetic structure similar to that of other organisms, supporting the idea that they are living entities.
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