Select the correct match :
- Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - TMV
- Matthew Meselson and F. Stahl - Pisum sativum
- Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod - Lac operon
Answer
(4) Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod - Lac operon
Solution
As per NCERT, the lac operon was first elucidated by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod (a geneticist and a biochemist). (4) is correct.
(1) Alec Jeffreys developed DNA fingerprinting; Streptococcus pneumoniae was used by Frederick Griffith.
(2) Hershey and Chase worked with bacteriophages (viruses infecting bacteria), not TMV.
(3) Meselson and Stahl worked with Escherichia coli, not Pisum sativum (used by Mendel).
Answer: (4)