The fatal human illness called Huntington diseaseLinks to an external site. is caused by
a dominant mutant allele. Calculate the probability that a couple will have a child with at
least one copy of the recessive allele if the father is heterozygous and the mother is
homozygous recessive. - ✔️✔️1 in 1 or 100%
The mRNA of human insulin codes for 24 more amino acids than are present in the final
insulin protein. What is a possible function of these additional amino acids? -
✔️✔️Direct the protein to the rough endoplasmic reticulum
Assist in protein folding
Which biomolecule can encode the most unique sequences for a given length? -
✔️✔️protein
Based on Griffith's experiments, where can you conclude the heritable material is
located? - ✔️✔️Loosely attached to the cell wall/membrane
Which of the following could be used as a negative control in the Avery experiments? -
✔️✔️Buffer solution only
Your group is assigned to repeat Avery's experiments in BIOL 30 lab. You are given
plates of R cells and tubes of the extracted S factor. In which of the following cases
would you see the R cells be transformed into S cells. - ✔️✔️All of the above EXCEPT
when you add S factor + DNAase
Based on the results of Avery's experiments, which biomolecule most likely constitutes
the heritable material? - ✔️✔️DNA
In Table 1.2, which biomolecule was more likely to be found inside the cell? -
✔️✔️DNA
Which DNA base pairs contain two rings? - ✔️✔️Adenine and Guanine
The nitrogenous bases are held together by which kind of bonds? - ✔️✔️Hydrogen
bonds
What method of replication did Meselson & Stahl determine was used in DNA
replications? - ✔️✔️Semi-conservative
If protein is the heritable material, how many unique sequences of 10 amino acids are
possible? - ✔️✔️20^10