genetics 9&10

ITRV - what genetic material needs to be able to do

information, transmission, replication, variation

two types of strains of s.pneumonia griffith studied

smooth and rough

which processed allowed dead smooth type to turn live r type into smooth type in griffith’s mouse experiment

transformation

what did avery, macleod, and mcarthy find was able to transform R bacteria to S bacteria?

dna

hershey and chase provided evidence that dna is the genetic material for the __ ____

t2 phage

can dna make a three dimensional structure

yes

what has: a phosphate group, pentose sugar, and nitrogenous base?

nucleotide

bond linking 5’ carbon of one nucleotide to 3’ carbon of adjacent nucleotide

phosphodiester bond

another name for the convalent bonds that hold nucleotides together

ester bond

what rosalind franklin did to discover the double helix structure

xray diffraction

what did chargraffs experiments with bases reveal

base pairing

thymine=adenine, cytosine=guanine

chargraffs rule

predominant form od dna in living species

b dna

why is z dna different

let-handed helix, tilted bases