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13.1 The Genetic Material
  • DNA is the genetic material, and therefore its structure and functions constitute the molecular basis of inheritance.
  • DNA stores information regarding the development and metabolism of a cell.
  1. What are the three characteristics necessary for something to be used as genetic material?
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  2. What was concluded about hereditary material from an experiment by Hershey and Chase in which some viral DNA and protein coats were radioactively labeled and then allowed to infect bacteria?
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 Essential Study Partner Summaries of major points:
  1. Genetic material must be
  2. Previous knowledge about DNA
  3. Transformation of bacteria
  4. DNA: the transforming substance
  5. Reproduction of viruses
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13.2 The Structure of DNA
  • DNA is a double helix; each of the two strands is a polymer of four different nucleotides.
  • Four nucleotides permit a great deal of variability, and the sequence of base pairs in DNA varies from gene to gene.
  • Hydrogen bonding between complementary bases joins the two strands.
  1. What is the major difference between a purine base and a pyrimidine?
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  2. List the purines and pyrimidines.
    Answer
  3. Describe the Watson-Crick model of DNA and explain complementary base pairing.
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 Essential Study Partner Summaries of major points:
  1. Nucleotide data
  2. Variation in base sequence
  3. Diffraction data
  4. Watson and Crick model
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13.3 Replication of DNA
  • DNA is able to replicate, and in this way genetic information is passed from one cell generation to the next.
  • Mutations occur when there are errors during the replication process.
  1. Why is DNA replication considered to be semi-conservative?
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  2. What steps of DNA replication require the enzyme DNA polymerase?
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  3. What is a mutation?
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  4. What is the function of DNA repair enzymes?
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  5. Can mutations occurring in normal body cells (i.e. skin, muscle, etc.) affect the offspring of an individual and why or why not?
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 Essential Study Partner Summaries of major points:
  1. DNA replication is the process of copying a DNA molecule
  2. Replication is semiconservative
  3. Prokaryotic versus eukaryotic replication
  4. Replication errors
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