Essentials of Genetics - Masteringgenetic
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Author: KLUG
Publisher: PEARSON
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Why might we predict that the organization of eukaryotic genetic material will be more complex than that of viruses or bacteria?
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- Why do you think nucleic acids were originally not considered to be carriers of genetic information?arrow_forwardHow do we know that DNA also serves as the genetic material in eukaryotes such as humans?arrow_forwardDescribe the structure of a nucleosome, the basic unit ofDNA packing in eukaryotic cells.arrow_forward
- What is the concept of universality of the genetic code? What are the exceptions to this universality?arrow_forwardWhy is DNA & not RNA is the genetic material in majority of organisms?arrow_forwardOne common type of non-homologous end joining, to repair a double stranded break, occurs when enzymes cut out a few nucleotides around the break, and then fuse the ends back together true or false?arrow_forward
- If a prokaryotic gene coding region is 42 nucleotides long, beginning with a start codon and ending with a stop codon, how many amino acids will it have?arrow_forwardWhat observations are consistent with the conclusion that DNA serves as the genetic material in eukaryotes? List and discuss them.arrow_forwardIf you are given a sample of chromosomal DNA, what experiment could you perform to determine whether the DNA is prokaryotic or eukaryotic? What would your hypothesis be and describe how your expected results would be supported or not supported?arrow_forward
- If the rate of replication in a particular prokaryote is 900 nucleotides per second, how long would it take 1.2 million base pair genomes to make two copies?arrow_forwardwhy is it more advantageous for the cell to have its DNA fused to the cell wall as opposed to dispersed freely in the cell?arrow_forwardWhy do geneticists studying eukaryotic organisms often construct cDNA libraries, whereas geneticistsstudying bacteria almost never do? Why might bacterial geneticists have difficulties constructing cDNA libraries even if they wanted to?arrow_forward
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