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The base content of a sample of nucleic acid is as follows: A = 31%,G = 31%,T = 19%,C = 19%.What conclusion should be drawn from this information?


A) This nucleic acid is double- stranded DNA.
B) This nucleic acid is made of RNA.
C) The purine/pyrimidine ratio in this molecule fits Chargaff's data.
D) The strands in this molecule are parallel rather than antiparallel.
E) This nucleic acid is single- stranded DNA.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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The covalent linkage between the monomers in a dinucleotide is an______.


A) phosphodiester bond
B) peptide bond
C) ester bond
D) ionic bond
E) disulfide bond

F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

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In the mid- 1940s,genetic information was known to consist of__________ .


A) nucleic acid and lipid
B) lipid and protein
C) nucleic acid and protein
D) protein and carbohydrate
E) carbohydrate and nucleic acid

F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

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The figure below shows a representative dinucleotide: The figure below shows a representative dinucleotide:    -Spleen diesterase is an enzyme that breaks the covalent bond that connects the phosphate to the 5' carbon.If the dinucleotide is digested with spleen diesterase,to which base and to which carbon on the sugar is the phosphate attached? A) A; 5' B) T; 5' C) T; 3' D) A; 3' -Spleen diesterase is an enzyme that breaks the covalent bond that connects the phosphate to the 5' carbon.If the dinucleotide is digested with spleen diesterase,to which base and to which carbon on the sugar is the phosphate attached?


A) A; 5'
B) T; 5'
C) T; 3'
D) A; 3'

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Arrange the principal forms of RNA in order of abundance from LEAST abundant to MOST abundant.


A) tRNA,rRNA,mRNA
B) mRNA,tRNA,rRNA
C) rRNA,tRNA,mRNA
D) tRNA,mRNA,rRNA
E) mRNA,rRNA,tRNA

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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Compared with B- DNA,A- DNA is ______compact,has ______ base pairs per turn,and is a ______ helix.


A) more; more; right- handed
B) less; fewer; left- handed
C) more; fewer; left- handed
D) more; fewer; right- handed
E) less; more; right- handed

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Who discovered that DNA was the genetic material or "transforming principle" that could convert nonvirulent R- type Diplococcus pneumoniae bacterium to the virulent S- type?


A) Avery,MacLeod,and McCarty
B) Hershey and Chase
C) Frederick Griffith
D) Watson,Crick,Wilkins,and Franklin
E) Erwin Chargaff

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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How do urea and NaCl influence temperature- induced DNA melting?

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Urea competes for hydrogen bonds; thus,t...

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Regarding the structure of DNA,the covalently arranged combination of a deoxyribose and a nitrogenous base would be called an______ .


A) nucleotide
B) nucleoside
C) ribonucleotide
D) nucleoside monophosphate
E) oligonucleotide

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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In base pair between a guanine and a cytosine, ______hydrogen bonds form between a partially positive hydrogen on the guanine and a more electronegative atom on the cytosine.


A) 1
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2
E) 0

F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

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What is the difference between a polynucleotide and an oligonucleotide?

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Polynucleotides are polymers l...

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The classic Hershey and Chase 1952) experiment that offered evidence in support of DNA being the genetic material in bacteriophages made use of which of the following labeled components ?


A) oxygen and phosphorus
B) hydrogen
C) tritium
D) nitrogen and oxygen
E) phosphorus and sulfur

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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A particular__________ carry the information for making a particular protein,but__________ can be used to make any protein.


A) gene and ribosome; a tRNA and an mRNA
B) gene and tRNA; a ribosome and an mRNA
C) tRNA and ribosome; a gene and an mRNA
D) ribosome and mRNA; a gene and a tRNA
E) gene and mRNA; a ribosome and a tRNA

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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Consider the following two statements about DNA melting temperature: 1) The melting temperature of a sample of DNA is the temperature at which 50% of the double helices in the sa have completely denatured. 2) A molecule with 53% G—C base pairs would have a higher melting temperature than a molecule of equivale length with 53% A—T base pairs. Determine which one of the statements below is CORRECT.


A) Statement 1) is true; statement 2) is false.
B) Statement 1) and statement 2) are true.
C) Statement 1) and statement 2) are false.
D) Statement 1) is false; statement 2) is true.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Any two nucleic acid fragments will spontaneously hybridize if they encounter each other as long as they are ______and ______.


A) complementary; antiparallel
B) primed; replicated
C) DNA; RNA
D) transcribed; translated
E) identical; compatible

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Why would D- DNA and E- DNA be unlikely to be found in the genomes of living organisms?

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They only occur in helices lac...

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What does it mean for a double helix of DNA to be antiparallel and complementary?

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When the two strands in double- stranded...

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The figure below shows a representative dinucleotide: The figure below shows a representative dinucleotide:   - This figure represents __________,and the arrow is closest to the__________ end. A) RNA; 5' B) RNA; 3' C) DNA; 3' D) DNA; 5' - This figure represents __________,and the arrow is closest to the__________ end.


A) RNA; 5'
B) RNA; 3'
C) DNA; 3'
D) DNA; 5'

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Explain the tetranucleotide hypothesis and its relationship to the substance referred to as nuclein.

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In the 1860s,Friedrich Miescher isolated...

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Genetic functions in a eukaryote can be observed in __________.


A) mitchondria
B) mitchondria and chloroplasts
C) the nucleus
D) chloroplasts
E) chloroplasts,mitchondria,and the nucleus

F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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