Exam 6: DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination

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What radiolabeled substance did Hershey and Chase use to label the protein component of the bacteriophage in their study to determine whether protein or DNA was necessary for phage production?

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Which type of virus infects bacterial cells?

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Question 22

During early interphase the state of the DNA can be described as

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Question 23

Hershey and Chase relied on ________ to physically separate the infected bacterial cells from the phage ghosts.

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Question 24

Which term is used to describe the overall 5' to 3' direction of linked nucleotides in a DNA chain?

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Question 25

Which of the following types of DNA form left-handed helices?

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Question 26

Two strains of S.cerevisae (yeast) are crossed.One has the genotype ABC and the other abc.Five sets of the resultant tetrads are noted below.In which set did a gene conversion event occur?

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Question 27

Transformation in bacteria results from the uptake of which molecule?

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Question 28

Recombination occurs during meiotic ________.

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Question 29

Any deviation from the expected 2:2 segregation of parental alleles that results from recombination is known as

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Question 30

The step in DNA replication in which the replication proteins open up the double helix and prepare for complementary base pairing is called

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Question 31

The four subunits that compose DNA are called

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Question 32

Exposure of which of the following regions of a molecule of DNA permits the reading of DNA sequence without opening the double helix?

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Question 33

X-ray data showed that the DNA helix undergoes one complete turn every

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Question 34

The full chemical name of DNA is....

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Question 35

Which one of the following is not an element found in DNA?

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Question 36

Which protein is needed to lay down a segment of RNA complementary to the DNA before replication can begin?

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Question 37

Which type of viruses causes polio and AIDS?

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Question 38

If 35% of the bases in a region of the mouse genome are cytosine, what percentage in that region are adenine?

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Question 39

Meselson and Stahl relied on equilibrium density gradient centrifugation in a _______ solution to resolve the DNA containing ¹⁴N from the DNA containing ¹⁵N.

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Exam 6: DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination

What radiolabeled substance did Hershey and Chase use to label the protein component of the bacteriophage in their study to determine whether protein or DNA was necessary for phage production?

Which type of virus infects bacterial cells?

During early interphase the state of the DNA can be described as

Hershey and Chase relied on ________ to physically separate the infected bacterial cells from the phage ghosts.

Which term is used to describe the overall 5' to 3' direction of linked nucleotides in a DNA chain?

Which of the following types of DNA form left-handed helices?

Two strains of S.cerevisae (yeast) are crossed.One has the genotype ABC and the other abc.Five sets of the resultant tetrads are noted below.In which set did a gene conversion event occur?

Transformation in bacteria results from the uptake of which molecule?

Recombination occurs during meiotic ________.

Any deviation from the expected 2:2 segregation of parental alleles that results from recombination is known as

The step in DNA replication in which the replication proteins open up the double helix and prepare for complementary base pairing is called

The four subunits that compose DNA are called

Exposure of which of the following regions of a molecule of DNA permits the reading of DNA sequence without opening the double helix?

X-ray data showed that the DNA helix undergoes one complete turn every

The full chemical name of DNA is....

Which one of the following is not an element found in DNA?

Which protein is needed to lay down a segment of RNA complementary to the DNA before replication can begin?

Which type of viruses causes polio and AIDS?

If 35% of the bases in a region of the mouse genome are cytosine, what percentage in that region are adenine?

Meselson and Stahl relied on equilibrium density gradient centrifugation in a _______ solution to resolve the DNA containing 14N from the DNA containing 15N.

Genetics: The Study of Biological Information

Mendels Principles of Heredity

Extensions to Mendels Laws

The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes

Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation

Gene Expression: The Flow of Information From DNA to RNA to Protein

Digital Analysis of Genomes

Analyzing Genomic Information

The Eukaryotic Chromosome

Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number

Bacterial Genetics

Organellar Inheritance

Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes

Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes

Manipulating the Genomes of Eukaryotes

The Genetic Analysis of Development

The Genetics of Cancer

Variation and Selection in Populations

Genetics of Complex Traits

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Meselson and Stahl relied on equilibrium density gradient centrifugation in a _______ solution to resolve the DNA containing ¹⁴N from the DNA containing ¹⁵N.