Molecular Basis of Inheritance Question 133
133. One gene-one enzyme relationship was established for the first time in
[2007]
(a) Salmonella typhimurium
(b) Escherichia coli
(c) Diplocococcus pneumoniae
(d) Neurospora crassa.
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Answer : d
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(d) It was given by Geneticists George W. Beadle and E. L. Tatum which states that each gene in an organism controls the production of a specific enzyme. It is the enzyme that catalyses the reactions that leads to the phenotype of the organism.
