Which organism was used by Beadle and Tatum to proposed one gene-

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401.

In DNA, which is absent ?

  • Adenine

  • Guanine

  • Uracil

  • Cytosine


402.

Which of the following constitute about 10-20% of total circular RNA?

  • m-RNA

  • r -RNA

  • t-RNA

  • hn -RNA


403.

Jumping genes in maize were discovered by:

  • Hugo de Vries

  • T.H. Morgan

  • Barbara McClintock

  • Mendel


404.

Innitiation codon is :

  • AUG

  • UUU

  • UAG

  • AAG


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405.

Non-coding sequences of DNA are:

  • exon

  • intron

  • rhizoids

  • cistron


406.

Mutations which alter nucleotide sequence within a gene are :

  • frame shift mutations

  • base pair substitutions

  • both 'a' and 'b'

  • none of these


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407.

Which organism was used by Beadle and Tatum to proposed one gene-one enzyme hypothesis ?

  • E. coli

  • Nostoc

  • Drosophila

  • Neurospora


D.

Neurospora

G.W. Beadle and E.L. Tatum demonstrated by the biochemical mutation experiment in Neurospora that genes express themselves through synthesis of enzymes. They proposed a concept called "one gene-one enzyme hypothesis".


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408.

Lac is obtained from :

  • Laccifer

  • Bombyx

  • Dactylopius

  • Lytta


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409.

A point mutation comprising the substitution of a purine by pyrimidine is called

  • transition

  • translocation

  • deletion

  • transversion


410.

Wobble hypothesis was given by

  • R.W. Holley

  • M. Nirenberg

  • H.G. Khorana

  • F.H.C. Crick


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