DNA Structure and Function Quiz

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What is the term for the process where a selected portion of foreign DNA is inserted into a small, circular DNA molecule in the transformation process found in bacteria?

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Replication

Translation

Recombination (correct)

What is the name of the molecule that removes the RNA primer once the replication process ends?

Exonuclease (correct)

Helicase

Polymerase

Ligase

Who developed recombinant DNA technology?

Paul Berg (correct)

Francis Crick

Gregor Mendel

James Watson

What are the backbones of DNA composed of?

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What takes place to prevent errors in copying the DNA strand?

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What process involves making changes to the genetic code of an organism?

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What is the process by which RNA is synthesized from DNA?

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What happens when the message carried by mRNA is decoded into a protein or a polypeptide chain?

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What are short DNA strands that provide a place for DNA polymerase to start working?

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In transfer RNA (t-RNA), adenine is paired with which nucleotide?

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DNA Structure and Function Quiz

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What is the term for the process where a selected portion of foreign DNA is inserted into a small, circular DNA molecule in the transformation process found in bacteria?

What is the name of the molecule that removes the RNA primer once the replication process ends?

Who developed recombinant DNA technology?

What are the backbones of DNA composed of?

What takes place to prevent errors in copying the DNA strand?

What process involves making changes to the genetic code of an organism?

What is the process by which RNA is synthesized from DNA?

What happens when the message carried by mRNA is decoded into a protein or a polypeptide chain?

What are short DNA strands that provide a place for DNA polymerase to start working?

In transfer RNA (t-RNA), adenine is paired with which nucleotide?

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