Genetic Code Answers

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In which structure is all the genetic information of an organism found?

A
DNA
B
gene
C
codon
D
protein
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What was Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei’s contribution to our current understanding of the genetic code?

A
discovery of codons
B
discovery and extraction of DNA
C
creation of a model of DNA
D
creation of Photo 51
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Which bases are found in a strand of DNA?

A
thymine, guanine, cytosine, uracil
B
guanine, cytosine, uracil, adenine
C
cytosine, glycine, adenine, thymine
D
adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
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Who is credited with creating the first accurate model of DNA?

A
Rosalind Franklin
B
Friedrich Miescher
C
James Watson and Francis Crick
D
Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei
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Which is one of the primary goals of the Human Genome Project?

A
to cure all diseases that affect humans
B
to sequence the genome of every living individual
C
to identify the 20,000 to 25,000 genes that comprise the human genome
D
to measure the length of human DNA
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Who first identified DNA?

A
Rosalind Franklin
B
Erwin Chargaff
C
Friedrich Miescher
D
James Watson
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Which best describes the outcome of DNA replication?

A
The new DNA molecule is identical to the original DNA.
B
The new DNA molecule is synthesized from amino acids.
C
The new DNA molecule has a different number of codons.
D
The new DNA molecule is single-stranded.
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What basic unit of heredity is found on segments of DNA and are passed on from parent to offspring?

A
nucleotide
B
gene
C
phosphate molecule
D
deoxyribose sugar
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Organisms inherit specific traits and characteristics from their parents. Albinism is an inherited disorder that occurs when an organism is unable to produce or distribute melanin. Melanin is a substance in the body that helps determine skin color, hair color, and eye color.Which is the basic unit of heredity that carries the trait of albinism from parent to offspring?

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A
base pairs
B
genes
C
proteins
D
codons
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Which are segments of DNA that code for specific traits?

A
genes
B
chromosomes
C
proteins
D
codons

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