biology Genetic Code

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

DNA

Who first identified DNA?

Friedrich Miescher

Which of the following incorrectly matches the term with its location?

Genes are located in a nucleotide.

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?

NOT The order of the codons is the same between organisms. Probally The order of the codons differs between organisms.

Which is a goal of the Human Genome Project?

NOT to identify the 3 billion genes that comprise the human genome probaly to address the ethical consequences of genomic research

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

What basic unit of heredity is found on segments of DNA and are passed on from parent to offspring?

gene