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  • Why Deinococcus radiodurans is able to survive massive exposure to radiation?


  • Options
  • A. Because it produces a thick shell which acts as a shield from the radiation
  • B. Because it has unique DNA repair mechanisms
  • C. Because its cellwall contains radioactive elements
  • D. Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair

  • Correct Answer
  • Because it has many copies of genes encoding DNA repair 


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    • 1. Which of the following is concerned with the management and analysis of biological data using computers?

    • Options
    • A. Bio-physics
    • B. Bioinformatics
    • C. Genomics
    • D. Biomechanics
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following organisms has the smallest genome?

    • Options
    • A. H. influenzae
    • B. M. genitalium
    • C. M. tuberculosis
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. The physical nature of genomes is studied under

    • Options
    • A. structural genomics
    • B. comparative genomics
    • C. proteo genomics
    • D. functional genomics
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is the study of the molecular organization of genomes, their information content and the gene products they encode?

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    • A. Genetics
    • B. Ergonomics
    • C. Genomics
    • D. Bioinformatics
    • Discuss
    • 5. The flow of genetic material in microbial cells usually takes place from

    • Options
    • A. RNA through DNA to proteins
    • B. proteins through RNA to DNA
    • C. DNA through RNA to proteins
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Proteomics is

    • Options
    • A. the study of algal genomes
    • B. a branch of quantum physics dealing with proteins
    • C. the study of formation of lipo-protein in animals
    • D. the study of the entire collection of proteins expressed by an organism
    • Discuss
    • 7. Studies of similarities and differences among the genomes of multiple organisms is carried out in

    • Options
    • A. comparative genomics
    • B. proteomics
    • C. functional genomics
    • D. structural genomics
    • Discuss
    • 8. The word, used for the small solid supports onto which are spotted hundreds of thousands of tiny drops of DNA that can be used to screen gene expression, is

    • Options
    • A. southern blot
    • B. cloning library
    • C. DNA microarrays
    • D. northern blot
    • Discuss
    • 9. The species of bacteria, which possesses 250 genes for lipid biosynthesis is

    • Options
    • A. M. genitalium
    • B. M. tuberculosis
    • C. E. coli
    • D. H. influenzae
    • Discuss
    • 10. In the time since E. coli and Salmonella diverged evolutionarily

    • Options
    • A. there has been little change in either genome
    • B. E. coli has acquired many genes via horizontal transfer
    • C. E, coli has lost approximately 50% of its genome
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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