29. Heredity

A single base substitution is LEAST likely to be deleterious (dangerous) when the change results in _____.

According to the central dogma, what is the intermediate molecule involved in the flow of information in a cell that should go in the blank? DNA → ________ → Proteins

The full process by which genotype becomes expressed as phenotype is called:

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following processes occurs in eukaryotic gene expression?

A particular triplet of bases in the template strand of DNA is 5′-AGT-3′. What would be the corresponding codon for the mRNA that is transcribed?

A particular triplet of bases in the coding sequence of DNA is AAA. The anticodon on the tRNA that binds the mRNA codon is ________.

What type of bonding is responsible for maintaining the shape of the tRNA molecule shown in the figure?

The tRNA shown in the figure has its 3′ end projecting beyond its 5′ end. Which of the following processes will occur at this 3′ end?

Glycosylation is the post-translational addition of ________ to the protein.

Which of the following is a reversible form of post-translational modification which can activate or deactivate a protein depending on the protein which is being modified?

Which of the following mutations, occurring just after the start codon in the mRNA is likely to have the most serious effects on the polypeptide product?