Which characteristic of DNA makes it a more stable carrier of genetic information compared to RNA?
The presence of uracil instead of thymine
Its single-stranded structure
The presence of deoxyribose sugar instead of ribose sugar
Its susceptibility to alkaline hydrolysis
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good genetic material?
Able to replicate accurately
Chemically and structurally stable
Must be easily degradable
Scope for slow changes (mutations)
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty purified the 'transforming principle' identified by Griffith. Which treatment specifically abolished the transforming activity, proving its chemical nature?
Protease
Ribonuclease
Deoxyribonuclease
Lipase
In the Hershey-Chase experiment, what crucial observation confirmed that DNA, and not protein, was the genetic material injected into bacteria by bacteriophages?
Radioactive sulfur (35S) was found inside the bacterial cells, while radioactive phosphorus (32P) remained outside.
Both radioactive phosphorus (32P) and sulfur (35S) were found inside the bacterial cells.
Neither radioactive phosphorus (32P) nor sulfur (35S) were found inside the bacterial cells.
Radioactive phosphorus (32P) was found inside the bacterial cells, while radioactive sulfur (35S) remained outside.
The final proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the experiment of
Hargobind Khorana
Griffith
Hershey and Chase
Avey, Mcleod and McCarty
In Hershey and Chase's experiment, what was the key observation that supported DNA as the genetic material?
Radioactive sulfur () was found inside the bacteria.
Radioactive phosphorus () remained outside the bacteria.
Both radioactive sulfur () and phosphorus () were found inside the bacteria.
Radioactive phosphorus () was found inside the bacteria.
Which component of the bacteriophage was found inside the bacteria in the Hershey-Chase experiment, confirming DNA as the genetic material?
Radioactively labeled protein (35S)
Radioactively labeled DNA (32P)
Both radioactively labeled protein and DNA
Neither radioactively labeled protein nor DNA
Which characteristic of DNA makes it a more stable carrier of genetic information compared to RNA?
The presence of uracil instead of thymine
Its single-stranded structure
The presence of deoxyribose sugar instead of ribose sugar
Its susceptibility to alkaline hydrolysis
Which experiment definitively proved that DNA, and not protein, is the genetic material?
Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment with bacterial transformation
Hershey-Chase experiment using bacteriophages
Meselson-Stahl experiment demonstrating semi-conservative replication
Which scientist's experiment definitively proved that DNA is the genetic material?
Hershey and Chase
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty
Griffith
Meselson and Stahl
Griffith conducted his transformation experiments on?
E. Coli
Tetracoccus
Diplococcus
Penicillin
