LECTURE 7 MOLECULAR GENETICS Flashcards
1
Q
What experiments convinced Scientists DNA was the genetic material?
A
Transformation: Griffith (1928)
Avery, McCarty, and MacLeod – 1944
Hershey and Chase, 1952
2
Q
How might DNA be synthesized?
A
- Conservative model
- Semiconservative model
- Dispersive
3
Q
What is the structure of DNA?
A
- Antiparallel Double Helix
- Complementary Strands
- Specific Base Pairing
4
Q
What did the structure of DNA suggest?
A
it suggested the semiconservative replication mechanism
•Meselson and Stahl
5
Q
What does the Chargaff’s Rule state?
A
in any species there is an equal number of A and T bases, and an equal number of G and C bases
6
Q
Who determined the structure of DNA first?
A
Watson and Crick
The Double Helix, by Watson
