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DNA chp 16 & 17
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who experimented on bacteria that causes pneumonia in 1928? | Fredrick Griffith |
| Who demonstrated that genes were located on chromosomes in the early 1900s? | Thomas Hunt Morgan |
| Who figured out that DNA was the genetic material in 1944? | Oswald Avery |
| Who showed further proof that DNA was the genetic material in 1952? | Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase |
| What are the 4 nitrogenous bases of DNA? | adenine,thymine,cytosine,and guanine |
| What is the shape of DNA | double-helix |
| Two major steps DNA has to go through to make a polypeptide are? | Transcription and Translation |
| If the DNA was AGGCATTAGCGG then what would the RNA look like? | UCCGUAAUCGCC |
| What are the different DNA mutations? | Point mutations,mis-sense mutations,non-sense mutations,insertion/deletion mutations("frameshift" mutation) |
| What was the incorrect idea in the early days of molecular biology? | one-gene,one polypeptide hypothesis |
| The three general stages of transcription are? | Initiation, Elongation, and Termination |
| What nitrogenous base does RNA have that DNA doesn't? | uracil |
| What two nitrogenous bases are purines? | Adenine and Guanine |
| What two nitrogenous bases are pyrimidine? | Thymine and Cytosine |
| What does DNA stand for? | deoxyribonucleic acid |