Bio 111 Study Objectives for Chapter 16

 

  1. What was Griffith's experiment, and what did it show?
  2. What are bacteriophages and how do they work?
  3. What is the structure of a nucleotide, and how do nucleotides come together to form a DNA molecule?
  4. What is Chargraff's Rule? What is meant by complementary base pairing? What bases pair with each other across a DNA molecule?
  5. What are purines and pyrimidines? Give examples of bases under each category.
  6. Who were Watson & Crick, and what did they discover? What is a double-helix?
  7. Compare the conservative and semi-conservative models of DNA replication. Which one is the correct model?
  8. Know the process of DNA replication, including the role of the enzymes helicase and DNA polymerase complex.
  9. What is a telomere? What is telomerase?