DNA: Discovery, Structure, and Function

What is the twisted ladder shape of DNA called?

• double helix

• single helix

• stringy ladder

• ladder

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What are the four bases that make up the genetic code in DNA?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine

• phosphates, sugar, base

• nitrogen, deoxyribose, base

• deoxyribose, nucleotide, base

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What actually makes up the genetic code?

• the order of the bases

• the order of the phosphates

• the order of the sugars

• the order of the phoenix

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In DNA, adenine pairs with

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

• adenine

In DNA, thymine pairs with

• adenine

• thymine

• guanine

• cytosine

In DNA, guanine pairs with

• cytosine

• guanine

• adenine

• thymine

In DNA, cytosine pairs with

• guanine

• adenine

• thymine

• cytosine

Who was the scientist who used X-rays to "take a picture" of DNA which was eventually used to figure out the structure of DNA?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Watson and Crick

• Maurice Wilkins

• Sherlock and Watson

What is the name of the two scientists who used Rosalind Franklin's X-ray image to determine the double helix shape of DNA?

• Watson and Crick

• Watson and Franklin

• Crick and Franklin

• Sherlock and Watson

These are the subunits of DNA; many of them bonded together makes up a DNA molecule

• nucleotide

• phsophate

• sugar

• base

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