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7. DNA and Chromosome Structure
DNA as the Genetic Material
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History and Experiments
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The tetranucleotide hypothesis stated what?
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There were four nucleotides
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The four nucleotides were repeated again and again, making up chromosomes
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Only one of the four nucleotides is used for genetic storage
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Four nucleotide repeats encode for a protein necessary for genetic storage
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The Avery, Macleod, and McCarty experiment in 1944 figured out what?
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Proteins were the genetic material
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RNA was the genetic material
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DNA was the genetic material
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Fats were the genetic material
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The Hershey/Chase experiments in 1952 use bacteriophages to study what?
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The codon code
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Whether DNA or protein was the genetic material
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How DNA was replicated
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How bacteriophages caused cell death