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One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was proposed by(a) Beadle and Tatum(b) Jacob and Monad(c) Lederberg(d) Watson and Crick

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The correct answer is (a) Beadle and Tatum. The one gene-one enzyme hypothesis was proposed by George Beadle and Edward Tatum in the 1940s. They conducted experiments with the fungus Neurospora crassa, which led to the formulation of this hypothesis.