Ch.14 DNA Structure and Function

Question 1

dna was the hereditary material because

Answer 1

radioactive phage were found in the pellet

Question 2

major concerns about bacteria

Answer 2

pathogenic bacteria could introduce disease causing genes in pathogenic bacteria
antibiotic resistance genes could be introduced to new bacteria to create super bugs
bacteriophages could spread DNA encoding toxins to new bacteria

Question 3

DNA replicates by

Answer 3

semi conservative mode

Question 4

how did meselson and stahl support watson and crick

Answer 4

demonstrated that each DNA strand serves as a template for synthesizing a new strand of DNA

Question 5

the enzyme primase synthesizes

Answer 5

RNA primer

Question 6

DNA replication takes place as

Answer 6

5-3

Question 7

scientist randomly mutates bacterium and finds daughter cells mutated, what enzyme is messed up?

Answer 7

DNA pol II

Question 8

ends of linear chromosomes are maintained by

Answer 8

telomerase

Question 9

during proofreading which of the following enzymes reads the DNA

Answer 9

DNA pol

Question 10

the initial mechanism for repairing nucleotide errors in DNA in

Answer 10

DNA pol proofreading

Question 11

With DNA pol III mutation

Answer 11

larvae will have slightly more mutations than average