DNA Structure and Function Quiz
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What is the substance of inheritance according to the text?

  • DNA (correct)
  • Enzymes
  • Proteins
  • RNA

Who proposed the double helical model for the structure of DNA in 1953?

  • James Watson (correct)
  • Maurice Wilkins
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Francis Crick

What technique was used by Rosalind Franklin to study molecular structure?

  • X-ray crystallography (correct)
  • DNA fingerprinting
  • PCR
  • Western blotting

Which nitrogenous bases are paired in specific combinations in the DNA molecule?

<p>Guanine with Thymine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Rosalind Franklin conclude about the structure of DNA?

<p>Composed of two antiparallel sugar-phosphate backbones (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist deduced that DNA was a double helix through X-ray crystallographic images?

<p>Francis Crick (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of genes in DNA?

<p>Carry the information for making specific proteins (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist introduced an elegant double-helical model for the structure of DNA in 1953?

<p>James Watson and Francis Crick (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the substance of inheritance according to the text?

<p>Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which technique was used by Rosalind Franklin to study molecular structure?

<p>X-ray crystallography (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the DNA molecule, which nitrogenous bases are paired together?

<p>Guanine-Thymine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is encoded in the chemical language of DNA?

<p>Traits development instructions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who concluded that DNA was composed of two antiparallel sugar-phosphate backbones?

<p>Rosalind Franklin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technique did Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin use to study molecular structure?

<p>X-ray crystallography (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the molecule that serves as the DNA program directing the development of traits?

<p>Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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