Experiments by Avery, Macleod, and McCarty supported DNA as the genetic material by showing that:
(1) Both protein and DNA samples provided the transforming factor

(2) DNA was not complex enough to be the genetic material

(3) Only samples with DNA provided transforming activity

(4) Even though DNA was molecularly simple, it provided adequate variation to act as the genetic material

Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material: II | Search for Genetic Material |
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What are the mini-satellites?

(1) r-DNA             

(2) VNTR              

(3) c-DNA             

(4) SAT

Subtopic:  DNA Fingerprinting |
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Which statement about complementary base pairing is not true?
(1) It plays a role in DNA replication

(2) In DNA, T pairs with A

(3) Purines pair with purines, and pyrimidines pair with pyrimidines

(4) In DNA, C pairs with G

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Western Blot hybridization is used for:

(1) DNA analysis                               

(2) RNA analysis

(3) Protein analysis                             

(4) Polysaccharide analysis

Subtopic:  DNA Fingerprinting |
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SNP which is pronounced as "snips” stands for:

(1) Small nuclear protein                   

(2) Single nucleotide particle

(3) Single nucleotide polymorphism   

(4) Small nicking points

Subtopic:  Human Genome Project |
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The length of E. coli DNA and length of DNA in a human 2N cell is:

(1) 1.36 mm and 2.2 m respectively  

(2) 1.36 mm and 2.2 mm respectively

(3) 1.3 ìm and 2.2 ìm respectively    

(4) 1.36 cm and 2.2 cm respectively

Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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Escherichia coli cells were grown for many generations in 15NH4Cl as sole nitrogen source. Subsequently, these cells were grown exactly for four generations in medium containing 14NH4Cl. The DNA from these cells were isolated and separated. If 15N/15N represents the two strands of DNA where both strands have heavy nitrogen; 15N/14N as intermediate DNA; and 14N/14N as DNA containing light nitrogen, the ratios for heavy: intermediate: light DNA, respectively would be:

(1) 1 : 0 : 7         

(2) 1 : 1 : 6         

(3) 0 : 1 : 7          

(4) 0 : 8 : 0

Subtopic:  DNA Replication: I | DNA Replication |
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Match each item in COLUMN I with one in COLUMN II and select your answer from the codes given:

 

COLUMN I

 

COLUMN II

 

SCIENTIST

 

CONTRIBUTION

A.

Francis Crick

a.

Breaking the genetic code

B.

Nirenberg

b.

Established Caenorhabditis elegans as a model genetics study organism

C.

Benzer

c.

Central dogma of molecular biology

D.

Brenner

d.

Bacteriophage genetics

Codes:
    A.    B.    C.     D.
1. c      a     d      b
2. c      a     b      d
3. a      b     c      d
4. a      c     d      b       

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The base pairing in a double stranded DNA is correctly described as:

(1) Similar

(2) Identical

(3) Complementary

(4) Synergistic

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If each strand of a ds DNA acts as a template for new strand, the two daughter DNA will be:

(1) Complementary to each other                

(2) Identical to the parental DNA

(3) Similar to each other

(4) Complementary to the parental DNA

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