ZOL2602 Assignment 1 Unique Number: 631078
ZOL2602
Assignment : 1
Due Date: 24/05/2021
Student Number:
Name:
Unique Number: 631078
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, ZOL2602 Assignment 1 Unique Number: 631078
Assignment Questions
Question 1
Draw a fully annotated diagram of the structure of a short DNA polynucleotide containing each
of the four nucleotides
Question 2
2.1 What are the important features of the double helix structure?
2.2 What are the main differences between the A- and B- forms of DNA?
2.3 Explain how DNA provides the variability needed by the genetic material.
Question 3
Outline the process by which the information contained in a gene is used to direct synthesis of a
protein
Question 4
Explain why nonsense mutations and frameshift mutations are more likely to cause a mutant
phenotype than the missense mutations.
Question 5
Explain why meiosis reduces the chromosome number by half, but mitosis does not.
Question 6
What is crossing over and how does it explain recombination between linked genes?
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ZOL2602
Assignment : 1
Due Date: 24/05/2021
Student Number:
Name:
Unique Number: 631078
1|Page
, ZOL2602 Assignment 1 Unique Number: 631078
Assignment Questions
Question 1
Draw a fully annotated diagram of the structure of a short DNA polynucleotide containing each
of the four nucleotides
Question 2
2.1 What are the important features of the double helix structure?
2.2 What are the main differences between the A- and B- forms of DNA?
2.3 Explain how DNA provides the variability needed by the genetic material.
Question 3
Outline the process by which the information contained in a gene is used to direct synthesis of a
protein
Question 4
Explain why nonsense mutations and frameshift mutations are more likely to cause a mutant
phenotype than the missense mutations.
Question 5
Explain why meiosis reduces the chromosome number by half, but mitosis does not.
Question 6
What is crossing over and how does it explain recombination between linked genes?
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