The length of DNA in a typical mammalian cell is approximately:

1.1.1 meter2.1.5 meter
3.2.2 meter4.3.3 meter

Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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A very low level of expression of the lac operon has to be present in the cell:

1. When lactose is present 2. When lactose is absent
3. When glucose is absent 4. All the time
Subtopic:  Gene Regulation: Lac Operon |
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Which of the following is not a feature of the double helix model of DNA?

1. The two chains have anti-parallel polarity
2. A purine always comes opposite to a pyrimidine
3. The pitch of the DNA is 3.4 nm
4. The two chains are coiled in a left handed fashion

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In RNA splicing:

1. Exons are removed and introns are joined together
2. Introns are removed and exons are joined together 
3. Cistrons are removed and introns are joined together
4. Introns are removed and Cistrons are joined together

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Identifying all the genes in the genome that are transcribed into RNA is called:

1.Expressed Sequence Tag2.Sequence Annotation
3.Inverse PCR4.Retrotransposition

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The last of 24 human chromosomes to be sequenced was:

1. Chromosome 1 and completed in 2003

2. Chromosome 1 and completed in 2006

3. Chromosome X and completed in 2003

4. Chromosome X and completed in 2006

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Satellite DNA:

1. Form a small portion of the human genome

2. Code for proteins that are essential for survival

3. Code for proteins that are not essential for survival

4. Show a high degree of polymorphism

Subtopic:  DNA Fingerprinting |
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Southern blotting is transfer to nitrocellulose sheet from agar gel of:

1.RNA2.Proteins
3.DNA4.Lipids

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In eukaryotes, RNA polymerase III transcribes:

1. hnRNA, snRNAs and 5.8S RNA
2. tRNA, 5.8S RNA and snRNAs
3. tRNA, 5SrRNA and snRNAs
4. rRNAs – 28S, 18S and 5S

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Identify the incorrect statement:

1. The DNA of the bacteriophage  ϕ X 174 has 5386 nucleotides.
2. Bacteriophage lambda DNA has 48502 base pairs.
3. The DNA of Escherichia coli has 4.6 X 103 base pairs.
4. Haploid content of human DNA is 3.3 X 109 base pairs.
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