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  • Question
  • DNA with a G-C content of 50% will melt at approximately


  • Options
  • A. 60°C
  • B. 70 °C
  • C. 90 °C
  • D. 100 °C

  • Correct Answer
  • 90 °C 


  • DNA Structure and Replication problems


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    • 1. DNA segments capable of moving from one place in the genome to another is known as

    • Options
    • A. transposons
    • B. retrovirus
    • C. introns
    • D. moving elements
    • Discuss
    • 2. For the DNA replication in eukaryotes, the cell cycle consists of

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    • A. G1, G2 and M phases
    • B. S, G2 and M phases
    • C. G1,S, G2 and M phases
    • D. G2 and M phases
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which will require a higher temperature to denature?

    • Options
    • A. DNA with a high G-C content
    • B. DNA with a high A-T content
    • C. RNA with a high G-C content
    • D. RNA with a high A-T content
    • Discuss
    • 4. What does ligase do during replication of DNA?

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    • A. Synthesizes the lagging strand
    • B. Makes copies of mRNA from DNA
    • C. Joins nicks in DNA strands
    • D. Digests mRNA when it is no longer needed
    • Discuss
    • 5. An important difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic DNA replication is

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    • A. eukaryotic DNA polymerases are faster
    • B. more DNA polymerases are found in eukaryotes
    • C. multiple origins of replication in eukaryotes
    • D. RNA primers are not required in eukaryotes
    • Discuss
    • 6. DNA replication in eukaryotes occurs only in

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    • A. G1 phase
    • B. S phase
    • C. G2 phase
    • D. M phase
    • Discuss
    • 7. Who's X-ray work aided Watson and Crick in their discovery of the double helix?

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    • A. W.H. Bragg
    • B. R. Franklin
    • C. L. Pauling
    • D. Leaderberg
    • Discuss
    • 8. The B-DNA structure found in solution is a

    • Options
    • A. left-handed double helix of antiparallel chains (10 bp/turn)
    • B. right-handed double helix of antiparallel chains (?10 bp/turn)
    • C. left-handed zig-zag helix of antiparallel chains (10 bp/turn)
    • D. right-handed double helix of parallel chains (?10 bp/turn)
    • Discuss
    • 9. During conventional transformation experiments E. coli cells and plasmid DNA interacts in an environment of

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    • A. high temperature and Ca++
    • B. low temperature and Ca++
    • C. high temperature and Mg++
    • D. low temperature and Mg++
    • Discuss
    • 10. In an agarose gel, DNA is moving from

    • Options
    • A. cathode to anode
    • B. left to right
    • C. anode to cathode
    • D. A to B
    • Discuss


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