Biology DNA structure and replication

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Biology - Genetics

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What did Griffith call the process where harmless bacteria were transformed into harmful ones?
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What property of DNA is illustrated by bacterial transformation?
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Griffith's experiments advanced the study of genetics by proving that _____ can be passed from parents to offspring.
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What is found inside a bacteriophage?
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What stores information in a cell?
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Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?
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According to base pairing in DNA, the percentage of thymine molecules is about equal to the percentage of which other molecule?
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Based on Chargaff's rule, the percentage of cytosine in the DNA of the bacterium S. Lutea should be around _____.
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How did Rosalind Franklin contribute to the understanding of DNA?
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Which scientist(s) figured out that the shape of a DNA molecule is a double helix?
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What is the chronological order of the important discoveries in the structure of DNA?
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What did Watson and Crick discover about the two strands in DNA?
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DNA replication results in two DNA molecules, each with _____.
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During DNA replication, a DNA strand with the bases CTAGGT produces a strand with the bases _____?
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In eukaryotes, where is DNA located?
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In both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, how many copies of the chromosome are left after replication?
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In both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, when does DNA replication occur?
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Because hydrogen bonds are weak, they create a perfect site for _____.
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The fact that DNA is 'antiparallel' means that _____?
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Which of the following is not a nitrogen base for DNA?
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Which enzyme uncoils DNA and breaks the hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases?
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Which strand grows continuously towards the replication fork?
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True or False: DNA polymerase builds new DNA strands from scratch.
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True or False: The lagging strand within a replication DNA molecule grows discontinuously away from the replication fork.
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True or False: The new DNA strand formed as a result of replication is an exact copy of the parent strand.
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Which sugar is found in DNA?
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