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Genetic Code I

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Consistency: 15%

Weightage: 3 / 20 Yrs

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Questions
4 MCQs

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PYQ 2008

easy

botany ID: neet-200

Which one of the following pairs of codons is correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid? 1. GUU, GCU - Alanine 2. UAG, UGA - Stop 3. AUG, ACG - Start/methionine 4. UUA, UCA -Leucine

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PYQ 2009

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botany ID: neet-200

Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a triplet? 1. Nirenberg and Matthaei 2. Hershey and Chase 3. Morgan and Sturtevant 4. Beadle and Tatum

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PYQ 2009

easy

botany ID: neet-200

What is not true for genetic code? 1. A codon in mRNA is read in non-contiguous fashion 2. It is nearly universal 3. It is degenerate 4. It is unambiguous

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PYQ 2019

easy

botany ID: neet-201

Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology? 1. Genetic code is specific 2. Genetic code is not ambiguous 3. Genetic code is redundant 4. Genetic code is nearly universal

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