After the comma is instead into the sentence the sentence now seems to be asking whether or not the bird ate

In trying to determine whether dna or protein is the genetic material, hershey and chase made use of which of the following facts? a) dna contains sulfur, whereas protein does not. b) dna contains phosphorus, whereas protein does not. c) dna contains nitrogen, whereas protein does not. d) dna contains purines, whereas protein includes pyrimidines.