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The type of linkage present between nucleotides is: NTS PST (A)2021 (7:30)
a) Glycosides                       
b) Purines
c) Phosphodiester                              
d) Peptide

c

When James Watson and Frencis Crick determine the structure of DNA?
a) 1953 
b) 1962                 
c) 1972 

a

A nucleotide is formed of which of the following units?
a) nitrogen base and phosphate
b) nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
c) nitrogen base and sugar
d) sugar and phosphate

b

Double-helix structure of DNA is discovered by
a) GobindKhurana                             
b) Nirenberg
c) Watson and Crick         
d) Darwin

c

What is DNA replication?
a) Conservative  
b) Non-conservative
c) Semi-conservative

c

Semi-conservative DNA replication was first demonstrated in…………
a) Drosophila melanogaster
b) Escherichia coli
c) Streptococcus pneumonae
d) Drosophila melanogaster


a