The researchers Hershey and Chase conducted an experiment where they radioactively labeled the proteins of a T2 phage with ³⁵S. In a separate treatment, they labeled the DNA of a T2 phage with ³²p. They allowed the labeled T2 phage to infect E. coli and then agitated the cells so that the phage would fall off of the cells. The cells were then spun down to the bottom of the tubes. When the DNA was labeled, did the researchers see radioactivity in the pelleted cells or the supernatant (liquid above the pellety?
a. Supernatant
b. Pelleted cells