Cell //
& /
Molecular
/ /
Biology -
/ // /
Exam
/ //
1 Review Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // //
What /
/are /
/the /
/main /
/implications /
/of /
/templated /
/replication /
/of /
/DNA /
/molecules? /
/Why /
/is /
/it /
/important /
/to /
/have //
a/
/semi /
/conservative /
/multiplication /
/of /
/DNA //molecules? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Each //strand //of //a //DNA //double //helix //contains
//a /
,/sequence /
/of /
/nucleotide /
/strands, /
/serving /
/as //
a/
/template /
/for /
/the /
/synthesis /
/of //
a/
/new /
/complementary /
/strand. /
/Because /
/each /
/parental /
/strand /
/serves //as //the //template //for //one //new //identical //strand, //each //of //the //daughter //DNA //double
//helices /
/ends /
/up /
/with /
/one /
/of /
/the /
/original /
/strands /
/that /
/is /
/completely /
/new. /
/This //process //is //said //to //be //semiconservative, //since //one //of //the //original //strands //is //present
//at //the //end //of //replication.
,In /
/observing /
/the /
/central /
/steps /
/of /
/molecular /
/biology /
/(see /
/Figure /
/above), /
/consider /
/the /
/similarities /
/between /
/the /
/molecular /
/(biological) /
/computer /
/(mathematical) /
/approaches /
/to /
/deal /
/with /
/information. //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔DNA /
/has //
a/
/code /
/of //4 //different //letters, //while //computers //have //a //binary //code. //Both //have //a //basic //sequence
//that //gets //interpreted //to //a //more //complex //system.
What /
/are /
/the /
/main /
, /differences /
/between /
/DNA /
/and /
/RNA /
/molecules? //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔DNA /
/polymer //chains //are //made //from //a //set //of //four //monomers, //called //nucleotides //(A, //T, //G, //C),
//that /
/are /
/strung /
/together /
/in /
/different /
/sequences /
/to /
/convey /
/information /
/that /
/is /
/read /
/out, /
/or /
/transcribed, /
/into //
a/
/chemically /
/related /
/set /
/of /
/polymers /
/called /
/RNA /
/(A, //U, //G, //C), //which //is //then //translated //into //another //type //of //polymer //called //a //protein.
& /
Molecular
/ /
Biology -
/ // /
Exam
/ //
1 Review Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // //
What /
/are /
/the /
/main /
/implications /
/of /
/templated /
/replication /
/of /
/DNA /
/molecules? /
/Why /
/is /
/it /
/important /
/to /
/have //
a/
/semi /
/conservative /
/multiplication /
/of /
/DNA //molecules? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Each //strand //of //a //DNA //double //helix //contains
//a /
,/sequence /
/of /
/nucleotide /
/strands, /
/serving /
/as //
a/
/template /
/for /
/the /
/synthesis /
/of //
a/
/new /
/complementary /
/strand. /
/Because /
/each /
/parental /
/strand /
/serves //as //the //template //for //one //new //identical //strand, //each //of //the //daughter //DNA //double
//helices /
/ends /
/up /
/with /
/one /
/of /
/the /
/original /
/strands /
/that /
/is /
/completely /
/new. /
/This //process //is //said //to //be //semiconservative, //since //one //of //the //original //strands //is //present
//at //the //end //of //replication.
,In /
/observing /
/the /
/central /
/steps /
/of /
/molecular /
/biology /
/(see /
/Figure /
/above), /
/consider /
/the /
/similarities /
/between /
/the /
/molecular /
/(biological) /
/computer /
/(mathematical) /
/approaches /
/to /
/deal /
/with /
/information. //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔DNA /
/has //
a/
/code /
/of //4 //different //letters, //while //computers //have //a //binary //code. //Both //have //a //basic //sequence
//that //gets //interpreted //to //a //more //complex //system.
What /
/are /
/the /
/main /
, /differences /
/between /
/DNA /
/and /
/RNA /
/molecules? //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔DNA /
/polymer //chains //are //made //from //a //set //of //four //monomers, //called //nucleotides //(A, //T, //G, //C),
//that /
/are /
/strung /
/together /
/in /
/different /
/sequences /
/to /
/convey /
/information /
/that /
/is /
/read /
/out, /
/or /
/transcribed, /
/into //
a/
/chemically /
/related /
/set /
/of /
/polymers /
/called /
/RNA /
/(A, //U, //G, //C), //which //is //then //translated //into //another //type //of //polymer //called //a //protein.
