DNA Quiz

Answer the questions on DNA!
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Last updated: September 9, 2021
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Scientist that discovered that DNA was a double helix
Rosalind Franklin
Method in which the scientist discovered that DNA was a double helix
X-ray diffraction
Number of chromosomes in humans
46
Year of the discovery of the structure of DNA
1953
Scientists credited with the discovery of DNA (2)
James Watson
 
Francis Crick
Scientist that demonstrated that DNA is composed of an equal number of purines (A + G) and pyrimidines (C + T)
Erwin Chagraff
Main enzyme involved in transcription
RNA Polymerase III
Form of DNA during interphase
Chromatin
Part of cell where DNA is found
Nucleus
Sugar found in DNA nucleotide
Deoxyribose
Sugar found in RNA nucleotide
Ribose
Protein which DNA is wrapped around in eukaryotes
Histone
An agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans by causing a DNA mutation in gene regulatory sequences
Carcinogen
Group of 3 DNA bases that code for a codon
Triplet
Group of 3 RNA bases that code for an amino acid in translation
Codon
What type of bond connects DNA nucleotides
Phosphodiester
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