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By observing bacterial transformation, Avery and other scientists discovered that the nucleic acid DNA stores and transmits genetic information from one generation of bacteria to the next.
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Hershey and Chase's experiment with bacteriophages confirmed Avery's results, convincing many scientists that DNA was the genetic material found in genes-not just in viruses and bacteria, but in all living cells.
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The DNA that makes up genes must be capable of storing, copying, and transforming the genetic information in a cell.
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DNA is a nucleic acid made up of amino acids joined into long strands or chains by covalent bonds
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The clues in Franklin's X-ray pattern enabled Watson and Crick to build a model that explained the specific structure and properties of DNA.
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The double-helix model explains Chargaff's rule of base pairing and how the two strands of DNA are held together.
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DNA poly merase is an enzyme that joins individual nucleotides to produce a new strand of DNA.
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Replication in most prokaryotic cells starts from a single point and proceeds in two directions until the entire chromosome is copied.
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In prokaryotic cells, replication may begin at dozens or even hundreds of places on the DNA molecule, proceeding in both directions until each chromosome is completely copied.
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The process by which one strain of bacterium is changed into another strain is called
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transcription
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transformation
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duplication
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replication
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Bacteriophages are
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a form of bacteria.
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enzymes.
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coils of DNA.
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viruses.
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Which of the following researchers used radioactive markers in experiments to show that DNA was the genetic material in cells?
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Before DNA could definitively be shown to be the genetic material in cells, scientists had to show that it could
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tolerate high temperatures.
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carry and make copies of information.
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be modified in response to environmental conditions.
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be broken down into small subunits.
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A nucleotide does NOT contain
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a 5-carbon sugar.
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an amino acid.
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a nitrogen base.
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a phosphate group.
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According to Chargaff's rule of base pairing, which of the following is true about DNA?
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A=T and C=G
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A-C and T=G
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A=G and T=C
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A=T=C=G
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The bonds that hold the two strands of DNA together come from
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the attraction of phosphate groups for each other.
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strong bonds between nitrogenous bases and the sugar-phosphate backbone.
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weak hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous bases.
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carbon-to-barbon bonds in the sugar portion of the nucleotides.
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In Prokaryotes, DNA molecules are located in the
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nucleus.
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ribosomes.
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cytoplasm.
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histones.
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In eukaryotes, nearly all the DNA is found in the
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nucleus.
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ribosomes.
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cytoplasm.
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histones.
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The main enzyme involved in linking individual nucleotides into DNA molecules is
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DNA protease.
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ribose.
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carbohydrase.
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DNA polymerase.
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During replication, which sequence of nucleotides would bond with the DNA sequence TATGA?
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The scientist(s) responsible for the discovery of bacterial transformation is (are)
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Watson and Crick.
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Griffith.
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Avery.
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Franklin.
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Which of the following does NOT describe the structure of DNA?
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What did Hershey and Chase's work show?
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Genes are probably made of DNA
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Genes are probably made of protein.
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Viruses contain DNA but not protein.
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Bacteria contain DNA but not protein.