The experimental proof for semiconservative replication of DNA was first shown in a:

1. Fungus

2. Bacterium

3. Plant

4. Virus

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Select the correct match:

1. Alec Jeffreys – Streptococcus pneumoniae

2. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase – TMV

3. Matthew Meselson and F. Stahl – Pisum sativum 

4. Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod – Lac operon 

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Select the correct Match:

1. Ribozyme - Nucleic acid

2. F2 × Recessive parent - Dihybrid cross

3. T.H. Morgan - Transduction

4. G. Mendel - Transformation

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The equivalent of a structural gene is:

1.  muton 2.  cistron
3.  operon 4.  recon
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Which of the following rRNA acts as structural RNA as well as ribozyme in bacteria?

1.  5S rRNA
2.  18S rRNA
3.  23S rRNA
4.  5.8S rRNA
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The final proof for DNA as the genetic material came from the experiments of:

1. Hershey and chase

2. Avery, McLeod and McCarty

3. Har Gobind Khorana

4. Griffith

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If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 333 amino acids, and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 998 bases, how many codons will be altered?

1. 11

2. 33

3. 333

4. 1

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AGGTATCGCAT is a sequence from the coding strand of a gene. What will be the corresponding sequence of the transcribed mRNA?

1. AGGUAUCGCAU 2. UGGTUTCGCAT
3. ACCUAUGCGAU 4. UCCAUAGCGUA

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All of the following are part of an operon except:
1. an operator
2. structural genes
3. an enhancer
4. a promoter
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During DNA replication, Okazaki fragments are used to elongate:

1. The lagging strand towards the replication fork.
2. The leading strand away from the replication fork.
3. The lagging strand away from the replication fork.
4. The leading strand towards the replication fork.
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