Genetic Code

According to Chargaff's rule, base pairing in DNA should resemble which of the following?

A = T; C = G

In which structure is all the genetic information of an organism found?

DNA

In 1953, who developed the model that is shown below?

James Watson and Francis Crick

Who is credited with creating the first accurate model of DNA?

James Watson and Francis Crick

If the same base pairs are used to code for all organisms, why is there so much variation among organisms?

The order of the codons differs between organisms.

Which bases are found in a strand of DNA?

adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine

Rosalind Franklin is famous for which contribution to the study of DNA?

creation of an X-ray diffraction image of DNA structure

What was Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei's contribution to our current understanding of the genetic code?

discovery of codons

Which are segments of DNA that code for specific traits?

genes

As DNA is replicated, which DNA base pair will bond to cytosine?

guanine