Unraveling the Central Dogma

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a molecule to serve as the genetic material?

  • Ability to express information (correct)
  • Ability to store information
  • Ability to replicate
  • Ability to undergo mutation

What is the central dogma of molecular genetics?

  • DNA makes RNA, which makes proteins (correct)
  • RNA makes DNA, which makes proteins
  • Proteins make DNA, which makes RNA
  • Proteins make RNA, which makes DNA

What happens in the nucleus?

  • Control of gene expression
  • Modification of proteins
  • Formation and presence of ribosomes
  • Replication of DNA (correct)

What happens in the cytoplasm?

<p>Presence of Genetic Material (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was favored to be the genetic material until 1944?

<p>Protein (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about nucleosides and nucleotides?

<p>Nucleotides contain a nitrogenous base and a pentose sugar, while nucleosides do not. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term is used to describe nucleotides with one, two, and three phosphate groups?

<p>NMPs, NDPs, and NTPs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for linking two nucleotides together?

<p>Nucleotide (di- and tri-phosphates) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for DNA's double helix structure and its property of complimentarity and antiparallel nature?

<p>Watson and Crick model (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the critical experimental result obtained by Rosalind Franklin?

<p>Franklin's tetra-nucleotide (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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