The experimental proof for semiconservative replication of DNA wa

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251.

The experimental proof for semiconservative replication of DNA was first shown in a

  • Fungus

  • Bacterium

  • Virus

  • Plant


B.

Bacterium

Semi-conservative DNA replication was first shown in Bacterium Escherichia coli by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl.


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252.

Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

  • Starch synthesis in pea: Multiple alleles

  • ABO blood grouping: Co-dominance

  • T.H. Morgan: Linkage

  • XO type sex determination: Grasshopper


253.

hnRNA undergoes two additional processes. Out of them in one process an unusual nucleotide (methyl GPT) is added to the 5' end of the molecule. What would you call this?

  • Tailing

  • Splicing

  • Termination

  • Capping


254.

Variation in gene frequencies within a population can occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is referred to as

  • Genetic flow

  • Genetic drift

  • Random mating

  • Genetic load


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255.

Which of the following DNA sequences qualifies to be designated as a palindrome?

  • 5'-GACCAG'3 in one strand

  • 3'GACCAG-5' in one strand

  • 5-GACGAG-3', 3'-CIGGIC-5'

  • 5'-AGCGCT-3', 3'-TCGCGA-5'


256.

Munch hypothesis is based on

  • Translocation of food due to Turgor Pressure (TP) gradient and imbibition force

  • Translocation of food due to Turgor Pressure (TP) gradient

  • Translocation of food due to imbition force

  • None of the above


257.

Biolistic technique is used in

  • Gene transfer process

  • Tissue culture process

  • Hybridisation process

  • Germplasm conservation process


258.

Genetic material found in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is

  • Double stranded RNA

  • Single stranded RNA

  • Double stranded DNA

  • Single stranded DNA


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259.

DNA replication occurs in

  • G1-phase

  • S-phase

  • G2-phase

  • M-phase


260.

 The vector for T-DNA is

  • Thermus aquaticus

  • Salmonella typhimurium

  •  Agrobacterium tumefaciens

  • Escherichia coli


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