Question 1
Group the following as nitrogenous bases and nucleosides:
Adenine, Cytidine, Thymine, Guanosine, Uracil and Cytosine.
Question 3
If the sequence of one strand of DNA is written as follows:
5-ATGCATGCATGCATGCATGCATGCATGC-3
Write down the sequence of complementary strand in 5→3 direction
Question 4
If the sequence of the coding strand in a transcription unit is written as follows:
5-ATGCATGCATGCATGCATGCATGCATGC-3
Write down the sequence of mRNA.
Question 5
Which property of DNA double helix led Watson and Crick to hypothesise semi-conservative mode of DNA replication? Explain.
Question 7
How did Hershey and Chase differentiate between DNA and protein in their experiment while proving that DNA is the genetic material?
Question 8
Differentiate between the followings: (a) Repetitive DNA and Satellite DNA (b) mRNA and tRNA (c) Template strand and Coding strand
Question 11
Explain (in one or two lines) the function of the followings:
(a) Promoter
(b) tRNA
(c) Exons
Question 14
Briefly describe the following:
(a) Transcription
(b) Polymorphism
(c) Translation
(d) Bioinformatics