10 Questions
What is the fundamental repeating unit of chromatin?
Nucleosome
Which molecule is wound around a protein to form a nucleosome?
DNA
What type of structure is formed by the orientation between the bonds in a double-stranded DNA molecule?
Double helix structure
Which component carries the main genetic information in a cell?
Chromosomes
Which process leads to the production of sexual cells (gametes)?
Meiosis
What is the DNA segment that bears all the information necessary for protein synthesis?
Gene
In what form are chromosomes often shown due to their condensed and duplicated nature?
'Condensed' form
Which process transmits all chromosomes to daughter cells, resulting in genetically identical cells?
'Mitosis'
What is the total number of DNA molecules present in humans (considering pairs of chromosomes)?
'46 DNA molecules'
Which molecule forms a precise sequence of nitrogenous bases that carries information for protein synthesis?
Gene
Test your knowledge on the molecular structure of DNA and the discovery of the DNA molecule structure by Crick and Watson. Learn about the composition of DNA as a polymer of nucleotides containing four kinds of nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
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