1. Electrophoresis is used to

2. DNA fingerprints used as evidence in a murder trial look something like supermarket bar codes. The pattern of bars in a DNA fingerprint shows

3. The immediate goal of the Human Genome Project was to

4. The deoxyribose part in the name deoxyribonucleic acid refers to the

5. Which of the statements about electrophoresis is false?

6. A nucleotide of DNA could contain

7. In recombinant DNA experiments,______ is used to cut pieces of DNA and ______ joins the resulting fragments to form recombinant DNA.

8. The phosphate and sugar groups of a nucleotide are held together by

9. The technology that Rosalind Franklin used that finally clarified the structure of DNA was

10. Beadle and Tatum showed that each kind of mutant bread mould they studied lacked a specific enzyme. Their experiments demonstrated that

11. At one point as a cell carried out its day-to-day activities, the nucleotides GAT were paired with the nucleotides CUA. This pairing occurred

12. The information carried by a DNA molecule is in

13. Which are arranged in the correct order by size, from largest to smallest?

14. During translation, chain elongation continues until

15. Imagine an error occurring during DNA replication in a cell, so that where there is supposed to be a T in one of the genes there is instead a G. What effect will this probably have on the cell?

16. A geneticist found that a particular mutation had no effect on the polypeptide encoded by a gene. This mutation probably involved

17. During the process of translation (polypeptide synthesis), ________ matches an mRNA codon with the proper amino acid.

18. Each nucleotide in a DNA molecule is composed of

19. The bases on one strand of DNA are CTAGAAC. The complementary section on the other strand of DNA is

20. Covalent bonds between the nucleotides of new DNA strands are formed by enzymes called

21. DNA replication occurs ensuring that all cells in a multicellular organism carry the same genetic information.

22. Each gene minimally dictates the production of one

23. Transcription is the process of converting a sequence of DNA nucleotides into

24. The conversion of a sequence of RNA nucleotides into a sequence of amino acids is called

25. mRNA directs the building of proteins through a sequence of

26. The RNA molecule used during transcription is

27. The codons of mRNA are translated to amino acids by

28. Any change in a nucleotide sequence of DNA is called

29. Rejoining DNA fragments from two organisms is best known as

30. The gene-cutting tools of recombinant DNA technology are

31. The "one gene one protein " theory can be explained how genes control in cells by

32. Point mutations

Use the diagram of a technique in molecular biology and your knowledge of biology (you what?) to answer questions 33 to 35 (below):

33. The technique being used to assess this information is:

34. Based on the indicated position of the wells, the longest DNA fragment in the crime scene sample is at position

35. Based on the results of this forensic investigation, it is likely that the guilty culprit is

Use the diagram below to assist you in answering questions 36 to 38.

36.  Structure A contains a

37. Structure B represents

38. The technique illustrated in the diagram is known as