Daily Dozen:
1. If you could break a strand of DNA into its nucleotide components, does the %A = %C = %G = %T for every species? Which of those equalities are always true for every species? *Who discovered this?
2. How can you tell whether a printed helix is right- or left-handed? Is DNA normally right- or left-handed? Is there a type of DNA that has the opposite handedness?
3. How is DNA related to RNA, both structurally and functionally?
4. How are DNA and RNA different, structurally and functionally?
5. What are the 5' and 3' ends of DNA? Why does it matter?
6. What does the degeneracy of the genetic code refer to?
7. What are the four different levels of protein structure?
8. Mitosis (normal cell division) produces 2 new cells. Meiosis in males produces how many cells? females?
9. What is in GenBank?
10. What is so special about RefSeqs?
11. How big is the human genome?
12. What is the range of genome sizes? What is the smallest known genome? is there a lower bound? (think about viruses!)
1. If you could break a strand of DNA into its nucleotide components, does the %A = %C = %G = %T for every species? Which of those equalities are always true for every species? *Who discovered this?
2. How can you tell whether a printed helix is right- or left-handed? Is DNA normally right- or left-handed? Is there a type of DNA that has the opposite handedness?
3. How is DNA related to RNA, both structurally and functionally?
4. How are DNA and RNA different, structurally and functionally?
5. What are the 5' and 3' ends of DNA? Why does it matter?
6. What does the degeneracy of the genetic code refer to?
7. What are the four different levels of protein structure?
8. Mitosis (normal cell division) produces 2 new cells. Meiosis in males produces how many cells? females?
9. What is in GenBank?
10. What is so special about RefSeqs?
11. How big is the human genome?
12. What is the range of genome sizes? What is the smallest known genome? is there a lower bound? (think about viruses!)