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The Griffith Experiment

14. DNA Replication / The Griffith Experiment / Problem 2

What explains the death of the experimental mouse injected with heat-killed lethal S strain and nonlethal R strain?

A

The S-strain bacteria became active upon exposure to other bacterial strains.

B

Hybrid strains were formed from the two bacterial strains.

C

The heat-killed S-strain released toxins that killed the mouse.

D

The R-strain took up the DNA from the lethal heat-killed S-strain.

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