Chapter 17A  Homework Questions

 

 

 

 

 

1.         What is a complementation test in genetics?  How was this important in developing Beadle and Tatum’s “one gene-one enzyme” hypothesis

 

 

 

2.         What is the difference between transcription and translation?

 

 

 

3.         An artificial mRNA composed of alternating A and U would produced a protein of what composition?

 

 

 

4.         An artificial mRNA composed of alternating G and C would produced a protein of what composition?

 

 

 

5.         What codons represent punctuation in the genetic code?

 

 

 

6.         What is the significance of the genetic code being universal?

 

 

 

7.         What is a promoter?  What is the direction of RNA synthesis?

 

 

 

8.         What is the difference between the sense and nonsense strand of DNA?

 

 

 

9.         What is the difference between a prokaryotic mRNA and an eukaryotic mRNA?