Experiments and transposons

Question 1

Hershey-chase experiment

Answer 1

Confirmed that DNA is the genetic material because only radio labeled DNA could be found in bacteriophage-infected bacteria

Question 2

Griffith’s experiment

Answer 2

MICE…. genetic material could be transferred between dead bacteria and living bacteria

Question 3

Messelson-stahl experiment

Answer 3

semiconservative replication

Question 4

Which two experiments proved that DNA was the genetic material

Answer 4

Hershey/chase and Avery, Macleod, McCarty

Question 5

Avery, Macleod, McCarty

Answer 5

Proved that DNA is the hereditary material

Question 6

Which experiment used mice?

Answer 6

Griffiths

Question 7

Which experiment used smooth and rough bacteria

Answer 7

Avery, McLeod, and McCarty

Question 8

What are the 3 types of transposons

Answer 8

DNA transposons
Retroviral
non retroviral

Question 9

True or false: DNA transposons use transposes to move

Answer 9

true

Question 10

which transposon has short terminal repeats

Answer 10

DNA

Question 11

which transposon has long terminal repeats

Answer 11

Retroviral

Question 12

which transposon has a poly a tail

Answer 12

non retroviral