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What are the properties that a molecule must possess to act as genetic material?

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a) Self replication
b) Information storage
c) Stability
d) Variation through mutation
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FULL MARKS-MOLECULAR GENETICS-ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (2 - MARKS QUESTIONS)
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  2. Name any two viruses whose genetic material is RNA.

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  3. What are the properties that a molecule must possess to act as genetic...

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  4. How many base pairs are found in one turn of DNA?

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  5. What is a genophore?

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  6. What is nucleosome? How many base pairs are there in a typical nucleos...

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  7. Expand and define NHC

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  8. Distinguish heterochromatin and euchromatin.

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  9. Which is the widely accepted model of DNA replication? Who has proved ...

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  10. Name the chemical substance which is called by the name (a) Kornberg E...

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  11. Name the various types of prokaryotic DNA polymerase. State their role...

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  12. What is the function of Deoxy nucleotide triphosphate in replication?

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  13. Given below are some events of eukaryotic replication. Name the enzyme...

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  14. Differentiate - Leading strand and lagging strand.

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  15. What are Okazaki fragments?

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  16. What is a replication fork?

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  17. Apart from DNA polymerase, name any other four enzymes which were invo...

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  18. Who proposed the central dogma? Write its concept.

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  19. Define transcription and name the enzyme involved in this process.

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  20. What is TATA box?

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