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19. The biochemical definition of a gene as a segment of DNA that codes for a single polypeptide chain corresponds historically to the

A. One gene-one enzyme hypothesis
B. Fluid mosaic model
C. Central dogma of molecular biology
D. Cell theory

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Refined by Beadle and Tatum, and later updated to "one gene-one polypeptide," this concept binds a genetic locus to a single protein product.

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  • One gene-one enzyme hypothesis
  • Fluid mosaic model
  • Central dogma of molecular biology
  • Cell theory

Refined by Beadle and Tatum, and later updated to "one gene-one polypeptide," this concept binds a genetic locus to a single protein product.

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