Nucleic Acids

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Nucleic Acids: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Adenosine Triphosphate, Mutation, Heredity, DNA Fingerprinting, Nucleic Acids, Differences between DNA and RNA, Nucleotides, Human Genome Project, Types of RNA, Molecular Biology, Messenger RNA and, Nucleosides

Important Questions on Nucleic Acids

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What are the functions of adenosine triphosphate?

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What do you understand by the term mutagens.

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tRNA acts as carrier for _____.

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What is ribosomal RNA?

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Inorganic phosphate acts as buffer in aqueous solution.

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Define polynucleotides.

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What is a dinucleotide?

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Define molecular biology.

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What is heredity?

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Explain the formation of dinucleotide from pentose sugar.

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Draw the structure of nucleoside.

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Explain the structure of nucleic acids.

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Define the point mutation.

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What do you know about beneficial mutations?

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List different application of mutation.

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Point mutation involves change in double base pair

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Fill in the blank with the correct option given in the bracket.

Mutations can be induced with _____ (gamma/x-ray) radiations.

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What are different types of RNA which are found in the cell?

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The technique developed to identify a person with the help of DNA restriction analysis is known as

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Organic base in RNA is-