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How would early cells benefit from DNA replacing RNA as the primary information storage molecule?
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7. DNA and Chromosome Structure
DNA as the Genetic Material
Back7. DNA and Chromosome Structure
DNA as the Genetic Material
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Hershey and Chase selected the bacteriophage T2 for their experiment assessing the role of DNA in heredity because T2 contains protein and DNA, but not RNA. Explain why T2 was a good choice for this experiment.
411views - Multiple ChoiceWhich experiment provided the most direct evidence that DNA is the genetic material in cells?5views
- Multiple ChoiceThe genetic material of HIV consists of _____.3views
- Multiple ChoiceRestriction enzymes create breaks in which part of a DNA molecule?4views
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The tetranucleotide hypothesis stated what?
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The Avery, Macleod, and McCarty experiment in 1944 figured out what?
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The Hershey/Chase experiments in 1952 use bacteriophages to study what?
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What results from the experiments of Frederick Griffith provided the strongest support for his conclusion that a transformation factor is responsible for heredity?
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How do we know that DNA also serves as the genetic material in eukaryotes such as humans?
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How were scientists able to determine that DNA, and not some other molecule, serves as the genetic material in bacteria and bacteriophages?
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Explain why Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's in vitro transformation experiment showed that DNA, but not RNA or protein, is the hereditary molecule.
856views - Textbook QuestionDiscuss the reasons proteins were generally favored over DNA as the genetic material before 1940. What was the role of the tetranucleotide hypothesis in this controversy?875views
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Explain how the Hershey and Chase experiment identified DNA as the hereditary molecule.
833views - Textbook QuestionContrast the contributions made to an understanding of transformation by Griffith and by Avery and his colleagues.487views