Who proposed a semi-conservative mode of replication for DNA?

1.Watson and Crick2.Meselson and Stahl
3.Hershey and Chase4.Beadle and Tatum

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A transcription unit does not contain:

1. Promoter 2. Operator
3. Structural gene 4. Terminator

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DNA was first identified by:

1.Friedrich Meischer2.Phoebus Levene
3.Linus Pauling4.Erwin Chargaff

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The discontinuously synthesized DNA fragments are later joined by:

1. DNA helicase 2. Topoisomerase
3. DNA ligase 4. DNA polymerase

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Which of the following RNAs plays both structural and catalytic roles?

1. mRNA 2. tRNA
3. rRNA 4. miRNA
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If E.coli was allowed to grow for 80 minutes after transfer from 15N to 14N medium, the number of hybrid density DNA molecules would be:

1.22.16
3.144.8

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In eukaryotes, the sequences that appear in mature or processed mRNA are called:

1. Introns 2. Cistrons
3. Exons 4. Mutons
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What radioactive isotope was used by Meselson and Stahl to label DNA in their experiment?

1. 35S 2. 15N
3. 32P 4. None

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Sickle cell anemia is caused by:

1. Chromosomal aberration 2. Point mutation
3. Non-disjunction event 4. An arthropod vector
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Whose cell free system finally helped the genetic code to be deciphered?

1.Gamow2.Severo Ochoa
3.Hargobind Khorana4.Marshall Nirenberg 

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