What was the prevailing belief about the genetic material before the work of Avery, MacLeod and McCarty?

What was the prevailing belief about the genetic material before the work of Avery, MacLeod and McCarty?
  1. DNA
  2. RNA
  3. Proteins
  4. Lipids

Solution

Before the work of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty, the genetic material was believed to be a protein.

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