DNA History

DNA History

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Biology

10th - 12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What did Erwin Chargaff conclude from his experiments?

Back

A and T, C and G always occur in equal amounts.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the carrier of genetic information according to Hershey and Chase?

Back

DNA.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did scientists initially think the information carrying molecule was protein and NOT DNA?

Back

Because there was more of it.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What did Erwin Chargaff's work help Watson and Crick determine?

Back

The rules of nitrogen base pairing.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What discovery did Frederick Griffith make from his work with mice and pneumonia-causing bacteria?

Back

Transformation.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the four nitrogen bases found in DNA?

Back

Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G).

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the structure of DNA?

Back

A double helix.

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