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1. Describe the three ways to view DNA based on the moment-by-moment, generational and geological time scales.
2. What was the template theory?
3. How did the experiments of Griffith and Avery aid in identifying DNA as the basis of heredity?
4. What single experimental result enabled Watson and Crick to figure out the structure of DNA?
5. Describe the structure of DNA.
6. Based upon this structure, how can we say that DNA is able to encode an infinite amount of information?
7. Describe the process of DNA replication. What are the requirements of this process and why is it referred to as a semiconservatis
8. Why is the process of the semiconservative replication process consistent with predictions made by Watson and Crick?
9. What is the significance of the terms antiparallel and the specificity of base pairing?
10. How is generation time related to the process of DNA replication in bacterial cells?
11. Compare the bacterial chromosome to plasmid DNA in terms of size and content.
12. What is a gene and how are these units of information arranged along a chromosome?
13. What are the three basic categories of genes?