Biology Chapter 12 Flashcards
True or false: Mice injected with a mixture of bacteria from harmful, heat- killed bacteria and live rough colonies survived.
False (the mice died)
True or false: The bacteria that cause pneumonia grew in smooth colonies while harmless bacteria had rough edges.
True
What is transformation?
A process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria
True or false: Avery and his colleagues thought that the molecule required in transformation might be the molecule of a gene.
True
Transformation did not occur when what was destroyed?
DNA
What did Avery and his colleagues conclude?
DNA stores and transmits genetic information
What is a virus that infects bacteria?
Bacteriophage
True or false: The genetic information of a bacteriophage is stored in proteins.
False (it’s stored in DNA)
What three things make up a nucleotide?
Deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
How many carbons does deoxyribose have?
5
What are the four nitrogenous bases?
Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine
True or false: Adenine and guanine make up the pyrimidines while cytosine and thymine make up the purines.
False (switch purines and pyrimidines)
What makes up the DNA backbone?
Sugar and phosphate groups
What shape is DNA?
A double helix
Where is DNA stored in prokaryotes?
Cytoplasm
Where is DNA stored in eukaryotes?
The nucleus
True or false: Eukaryotic cells have more DNA than eukaryotic cells.
True
What are the proteins that get DNA wrapped around them called?
Histones