Nucleic Acids and Central Dogma Quiz

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What did Fred Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrate?

Resistance of mice to virulent bacteria

Inability of mice to recover from nonvirulent bacteria infection

Killing of virulent bacteria by heat

Transformation of nonvirulent bacteria into virulent pathogens (correct)

What is the genotype of procaryotes?

Triploid (3N)

Haploid (1N) (correct)

Diploid (2N)

Tetraploid (4N)

What is the phenotype of an organism?

Influence of the environment

Observable characteristics (correct)

Genetic mutations

Specific set of genes

Who first showed that DNA was the genetic material?

Fred Griffith Signup and view all the answers

What did O. T. Avery, C. M. MacLeod, and M. J. Hershey's work contribute to?

Understanding DNA as the genetic material Signup and view all the answers

What is the genotype of eucaryotic microorganisms?

Diploid (2N) Signup and view all the answers

Who conducted the experiment that demonstrated the transformation of nonvirulent bacteria into virulent pathogens?

Fred Griffith Signup and view all the answers

What did Fred Griffith find when he injected a combination of killed virulent bacteria and a living nonvirulent strain into mice?

The mice died and living virulent bacteria could be recovered from the dead mice Signup and view all the answers

What is the phenotype of an organism?

The collection of observable characteristics Signup and view all the answers

What did the experimentation involving both bacteria and bacteriophages elucidate?

The nature of genetic information Signup and view all the answers

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What did Fred Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrate?

What is the genotype of procaryotes?

What is the phenotype of an organism?

Who first showed that DNA was the genetic material?

What did O. T. Avery, C. M. MacLeod, and M. J. Hershey's work contribute to?

What is the genotype of eucaryotic microorganisms?

Who conducted the experiment that demonstrated the transformation of nonvirulent bacteria into virulent pathogens?

What did Fred Griffith find when he injected a combination of killed virulent bacteria and a living nonvirulent strain into mice?

What is the phenotype of an organism?

What did the experimentation involving both bacteria and bacteriophages elucidate?

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