Genes and Genomes: Lecture 2 Quiz

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What is the genetic material found in virtually all cells?

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (correct)

Carbohydrate

Lipid

Protein

Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

Cytoplasm

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic reticulum

Nucleus (correct)

What is the structure that contains the DNA in a prokaryotic cell?

Cytoplasm (correct)

Nucleus

Mitochondria

Endoplasmic reticulum

Which type of cells do not have organelles?

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What is the genetic material in true bacteria (eubacteria) and Archaebacteria?

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Signup and view all the answers

What is the building block of DNA?

Nucleotide Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for the process where adenine base pairs with thymine in a DNA molecule?

Base pairing Signup and view all the answers

Which scientists provided evidence confirming DNA as the transforming agent in cells?

Oswald Avery Signup and view all the answers

What did Swiss biologist Friedrich Miescher initially call the cellular substance he identified from the nucleus?

Nuclein Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for a sequence of nucleotides that provides cells with the instructions to synthesize a specific protein or a particular type of RNA?

Gene Signup and view all the answers

Genes and Genomes: Lecture 2 Quiz

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What is the genetic material found in virtually all cells?

Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

What is the structure that contains the DNA in a prokaryotic cell?

Which type of cells do not have organelles?

What is the genetic material in true bacteria (eubacteria) and Archaebacteria?

What is the building block of DNA?

What is the term used for the process where adenine base pairs with thymine in a DNA molecule?

Which scientists provided evidence confirming DNA as the transforming agent in cells?

What did Swiss biologist Friedrich Miescher initially call the cellular substance he identified from the nucleus?

What is the term used for a sequence of nucleotides that provides cells with the instructions to synthesize a specific protein or a particular type of RNA?

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