Forensic Science Chapter 10 Review

One of the discoverers of the configuration of the DNA molecule

• Francis Crick

• Ray White

• Kary Mullis

• Alec Jeffreys

He started DNA typing in 1984/85

• James Watson

• Ray White

• Kary Mullis

• Alec Jeffreys

Developed PCR Testing

• James Watson

• Ray White

• Kary Mullis

• Alec Jeffreys

DNA nucleotide includes which of the folllowing?

• phosphate backbone, sugar ribose, and a nitrogen base

• phosphate backbone, sugar deoxyribose, and a nitrogen base

• phosphate backbone, sugar deoxyribose, and sulfuric base

• deoxyribose backbone, phosphate sugar, and a nitrogen base

Which of the following is not found in DNA?

• adenine

• guanine

• uracil

• cytosine

• thymine

Thymine pairs up with?

• adenine

• guanine

• uracil

• cytosine

• thymine

Guanine pairs up with?

• adenine

• guanine

• uracil

• cytosine

• thymine

Uracil pairs up with?

• adenine

• guanine

• cytosine

• thymine

The fundamental unit of heredity

• genes

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chromosomes

A nucleotide is

• what makes a protein

• smallest particle of matter

• the building blocks of DNA

• the building blocks of RNA