BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260169614
Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 14, Problem 2U
Which of the following is NOT a component of DNA?
a. The pyrimidine uracil
b. Five-carbon sugars
c. The purine adenine
d. Phosphate groups
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Chapter 14 Solutions
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Ch. 14.1 - Describe the experiments of Griffith and Avery.Ch. 14.1 - Evaluate the evidence for DNA as genetic material.Ch. 14.2 - Explain how the WatsonCrick structure rationalized...Ch. 14.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 14.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 14.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 14.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 14.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 14.4 - Diagram the functions found at the replication...Ch. 14.5 - Compare eukaryotic replication with prokaryotic.
Ch. 14.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 14.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 14.6 - Prob. 1LOCh. 14.6 - Prob. 2LOCh. 14 - Prob. 1DACh. 14 - Prob. 2DACh. 14 - Prob. 1IQCh. 14 - Prob. 2IQCh. 14 - How does the structure of eukaryotic genomes...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4IQCh. 14 - Prob. 1UCh. 14 - Which of the following is NOT a component of DNA?...Ch. 14 - Chargaff studied the composition of DNA from...Ch. 14 - The bonds that hold two complementary strands of...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5UCh. 14 - Prob. 6UCh. 14 - Which of the following is NOT pan of the...Ch. 14 - If one strand of a DNA is 5 ATCGTTAAGCGAGTCA 3,...Ch. 14 - Hershey and Chase used radioactive phosphorus and...Ch. 14 - The Meselson and Stahl experiment used a density...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4ACh. 14 - If the activity of DNA ligase was removed from...Ch. 14 - Successful DNA synthesis requires all of the...Ch. 14 - The synthesis of telomeres a. uses DNA polymerase,...Ch. 14 - When mutations that affected DNA replication were...Ch. 14 - Prob. 1SCh. 14 - In the Meselson-Stahl experiment, a control...Ch. 14 - Enzyme function is critically important for the...
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