Molecular Genetics
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See them allWhat is a gene and what are its key properties?
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A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity - a segment of DNA responsible for inheritance and expression of a particular characteristic. Key properties include: (1) Multiple genes ex…
State and explain the 'one gene-one polypeptide hypothesis'.
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This hypothesis states that one gene controls the production of only one polypeptide chain of an enzyme molecule. This refined the earlier 'one gene-one enzyme' hypothesis because enzymes often consis…
How did Griffith's transformation experiment provide evidence for genetic material?
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Griffith (1928) used two strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria: S-strain (smooth, virulent) and R-strain (rough, non-virulent). He discovered that heat-killed S-strain DNA, when added to living…
What was the significance of the Hershey-Chase experiment (1952) using T₂ bacteriophage?
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The Hershey-Chase experiment definitively proved that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material. They used radioactive isotopes to track viral components: ³²P labeled DNA and ³⁵S labeled protein. Afte…
Describe the structure of a nucleotide and identify its three main components.
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A nucleotide, the basic building block of nucleic acids, consists of three components: (1) Pentose sugar - a five-carbon sugar that is either ribose (in RNA) or deoxyribose (in DNA; deoxyribose has on…
What is the difference between DNA and RNA in terms of structure and composition?
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DNA and RNA differ in several key aspects: (1) Sugar component - DNA contains deoxyribose sugar while RNA contains ribose sugar (RNA has an extra -OH group at the 2' carbon), (2) Nitrogenous bases - D…
What is the significance of the base-pairing rules in DNA structure?
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The base-pairing rules, discovered by Erwin Chargaff and incorporated into Watson and Crick's DNA model (1953), state that: (1) Adenine (A) pairs with Thymine (T) through 2 hydrogen bonds, (2) Guanine…
Explain what the 'RNA world' hypothesis suggests about the evolution of life.
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The 'RNA world' hypothesis, proposed independently by Leslie Orgel, Francis Crick, and Carl Woese (early 1980s) and popularized by Walter Gilbert (1986), suggests that RNA was the first genetic materi…
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