10 Questions
What is a unifying theme in the field of biology?
Evolution
What do all organisms have in common?
Cells processing hereditary information
What allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce?
Energy processing
At what levels of organization do biologists study life?
Molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals
What do biologists use to make observations, pose questions, and form conclusions?
The scientific method
What is the role of the ribosome in the genetic code?
It links proteinogenic amino acids using tRNA and reads the mRNA three nucleotides at a time
What do the codons specify in the genetic code?
Which amino acid will be added next during protein biosynthesis
Who were the key discoverers involved in efforts to understand protein encoding after the discovery of DNA's structure?
Francis Crick and James Watson
What is the standard genetic code often referred to as?
Canonical genetic code
Which scientist was the first to provide a workable scheme for protein synthesis from DNA?
George Gamow
Explore the fundamental concepts of biology, including the role of cells, hereditary information, evolution, and energy processing in living organisms.
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