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What is it that forms the basis of DNA fingerprinting ?

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The relative proportions of purines and pyrimidines in DNA

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The relative difference in the DNA occurrence in blood , skin and saliva

C

The relative amount of DNA in the ridges and I grooves of the fingerprints

D

Satellite DNA occurring as highly repeated short DNA segments

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USHA PUBLICATION-MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE-EXERCISE
  1. Which one is a true statement regarding DNA polymerase used in PCR ?

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  2. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous base sequence as ATCTG , what...

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  3. What is it that forms the basis of DNA fingerprinting ?

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  4. DNA fragments generated by the restriction endonucleases in a chemical...

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  5. Which enzymes will be produced in a cell in which there is a nonsense ...

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  6. The largest gene in human is

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  7. Which one of the following is wrongly matched ?

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  8. An analysis of chromosomal DNA using the southern hybridization techni...

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  9. Which vector can clone only a small fragment of DNA ?

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  10. Commonly used vectors for human genome sequencing are :

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  11. Gene regulation governing lactose Operon E. Coli that involves the Lac...

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  12. In sea urchin DNA , which is double stranded , 17 of the bases were sh...

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  13. Lactose ( lac ) operon is regulated by :

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  14. The enzyme peptidyl transferase of prokaryotes resides in :

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  15. The tRNA anticodon 3' - UAC - 5' will pair with the mRNA codon :

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  16. In a DNA strand the nucleotides are linked together by :

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  17. A nucleoside differs from a nucleotide . It lacks the :

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  18. Both deoxyribose and ribose belong to a class of sugars called :

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  19. The fact that a purine base always paired through hydrogen bonds with ...

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  20. The net electric charge on DNA and histones is :

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