Week 1

Question 1

What is Gregor Mendel famous for?

Answer 1

His research (recognised posthumously) established the rules of heredity founding the science of genetics

Question 2

Which is the correct orientation to read along a DNA strand?

Answer 2

5’ to 3’

Question 3

What type of bonds are formed between complementary base pairs in a DNA molecule?

Answer 3

Hydrogen Bonds

Question 4

Which base pairings are correct for DNA?

Answer 4

C bonds with G
A bonds with T

Question 5

In DNA replication, which enzyme is responsible for breaking, swiveling and rejoining parental DNA ahead of replication fork?

Answer 5

Topoisomerase

Question 6

In DNA replication, which enzyme is responsible for replacing RNA primers with DNA?

Answer 6

DNA polymerase I

Question 7

In DNA replication, which enzyme is responsible for unwinding and separating DNA strands?

Answer 7

Helicase

Question 8

What was the name of Roasalind Franklin’s colleague who helped to produce the first X-ray diffraction image of DNA?

Answer 8

Raymond Gosling

Question 9

Which are pyrimidines?

Answer 9

Thymine
Cytosine
Uracil

Question 10

Which are purines?

Answer 10

Guanine
Adenine