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Assignment 1 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance

This document is an assignment for a biology class, consisting of various questions related to DNA, RNA, and genetic material. It includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and diagram-based questions aimed at assessing students' understanding of key biological concepts. The total marks for the assignment are 30.

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Assignment 1 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance

This document is an assignment for a biology class, consisting of various questions related to DNA, RNA, and genetic material. It includes multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and diagram-based questions aimed at assessing students' understanding of key biological concepts. The total marks for the assignment are 30.

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ZEAL – Zen Education & Learning

BIOLOGY – Assignment 1
Name: _______________________________________ Std:__________ Total: 30 Marks

Q1. Name the following: (10 m)


1. DNA is a long polymer of ____________________________
2. The distance between the basepairs in a helix is approximately ___________________________
3. Virus in which RNA is the genetic material ____________________________
4. The process of replication in E.coli requires a set of ___________________________
5. 15N and 14N is separated based on the ___________________________
6. The strand which does not code for anything ___________________________
7. The principle which governs the process of transcription ___________________________
8. The loop of tRNA that has bases complementary to the code on it _______________________
9. The relationship between genes and DNA are best studied by ___________________________
10. The start codon ____________________________

Q2. Give the full form of : (4m)


1. ESTs : ______________________________________________________________________
2. BAC : ______________________________________________________________________
3. YAC : _______________________________________________________________________
4. HGP : ______________________________________________________________________

Q3. Write the fate of the rats depending on the bacteria: (4m)

1. S strain (heat-killed) + R strain (live) -------------> Inject into rats -----------> ____________________

2. S strain --------------> Inject into rats --------------> ________________________

3. R strain --------------> Inject into rats --------------> ________________________

4. S strain (heat killed) --------------------> Inject into rats ---------------->__________________________

Q4. Fill in the blanks : (7m)


1. The inheritance of a character is affected by ____________________ and___________________
sequences of a structural gene.
2. The coding sequences are called ______________________
3. In ___________________________ the monocistronic structural genes have interrupted coding
sequences.
4. A failure in cell division after DNA replication results in _____________________
5. The average rate of polymerisation has to be approximately _______________ bp per second.
6. The completion of DNA replication states that each DNA molecule would have one
_______________________ and one _____________________ strands.
7. ____________________________ facilitates opening of the helix and continues elongation.

Q5. Answer the questions based on the diagram given below: (5 m)

1. What does the diagram represent?


______________________________________________________________________
2. Who postulated the presence of the above molecule?
______________________________________________________________________
3. What is special about the molecule?
______________________________________________________________________
4. tRNA was also called __________________ before the genetic code was postulated.

5. What does the ‘Ser’ and ‘Tyr’ in the diagram depict?


_______________________________________________________________________

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