Wednesday 26 September 2012

Structure and Function of DNA

Structure of DNA by Watson & Crick:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-structure-and-function-watson-397

Study questions:

  1. What are nucleic acids?
  2. What is the genetic or hereditary material in man/humans?
  3. What are the genetic or hereditary materials in bacteria?
  4. What are the genetic or hereditary materials in viruses?
  5. Can bacteria transfer their genetic/hereditary material to humans? How?
  6. Can viruses transfer their genetic/hereditary material to humans? How?
  7. What is the structure of DNA? What does DNA contain? 
  8. How does DNA multiply (replicate) itself?
  9. What is the structure of RNA? What does RNA contain?
  10. Can DNA be generated from RNA and vice versa?

DNA Animations & videos:

0 comments: