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Chapter 17A
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1. What is a complementation test in genetics? How was this important in developing Beadle and Tatum’s “one gene-one enzyme” hypothesis |
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2. What is the difference between transcription and translation? |
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3. An artificial mRNA composed of alternating A and U would produced a protein of what composition? |
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4. An artificial mRNA composed of alternating G and C would produced a protein of what composition? |
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5. What codons represent punctuation in the genetic code? |
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6. What is the significance of the genetic code being universal? |
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7. What is a promoter? What is the direction of RNA synthesis? |
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8. What is the difference between the sense and nonsense strand of DNA? |
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9. What is the difference between a prokaryotic mRNA and an eukaryotic mRNA? |
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