Biological Science

Chapter 11: How Do Genes Work?

Content Review

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1. What is metabolism?  

2. What does the one-gene, one-enzyme hypothesis state?  

3. Why did the experiment on Streptococcus, which purported to show that DNA is the hereditary material, fail to convince many skeptics?  

4. Why did researchers suspect that DNA does not code for proteins directly?  

5. To confirm that the genetic code is read in triplets, researchers created mutants with what attributes?  

6. Which of the following describes an important experimental strategy in deciphering the genetic code?  

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