Who invented the genetic code ?

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Dr. Khorana, the inventor of the genetic code.

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Description : Scientifically, hypothetically, or in plausible fiction, is there any possible fluke of the genetic code or something similar which could cause a person to stop aging?

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Description : Function of the genetic code. -Biology

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Description : Assertion : Comparative biochemistry provides a strong eviednce in favour of common ancestory of living beings. Reason : Genetic code is universal.

Last Answer : Assertion : Comparative biochemistry provides a strong eviednce in favour of common ancestory of living ... both the assertion and reason are false.

Description : The term triplet genetic code were coined by

Last Answer : The term triplet genetic code were coined by A. Watson and Crick B. Nirenberg C. Gamow D. Conrat

Description : Number of of codons in a genetic triplet code is

Last Answer : Number of of codons in a genetic triplet code is A. 4 B. 16 C. 32 D. 64

Description : What percent of the material in a DNA molecule contains the genetic code?

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Description : What is a section of DNA molecule that carries the genetic code for a particular trait?

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Description : What process thought to have changed the genetic code over billion years ago?

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Description : What Portion of DNA which carries the genetic code for the formation of a particular protein by specifying its amino acids sequence?

Last Answer : Gene

Description : Degeneracy of the genetic code denotes the existence of (A) Base triplets that do not code for any amino acids (B) Codons consisting of only two bases (C) Codons that include one or more of the unusual bases (D) Multiple codons for a single amino acid

Last Answer : Answer : B

Description : The genetic code operates via (A) The protein moiety of DNA (B) The base sequences of DNA (C) The nucleotide sequence of mRNA (D) The base sequence of tRNA

Last Answer : Answer : C

Description : The genetic code operates through (A) The protein moiety of DNA (B) Cistrom of DNA (C) Nucleotide sequence of m RNA (D) The anticodons of tRNA

Last Answer : Answer : C

Description : A frameshift mutation changes the reading frame because the genetic code (A) Is degenerate (B) Is overlapping (C) Has no punctuations (D) Is universal

Last Answer : Answer : C

Description : All the following statements about recognition of a codon on mRNA by an anticodon on tRNA are correct except (A) The recognition of the third base of the codon is not very precise (B) ... degeneracy of the genetic code (D) Wobble results in incorporation of incorrect amino acids in the protein

Last Answer : Answer : D

Description : All the following statements about genetic code are correct except (A) It is degenerate (B) It is unambigous (C) It is nearly universal(D) It is overlapping

Last Answer : Answer : D

Description : Genetic code is said to be degenerate because (A) It can undergo mutations (B) A large proportion of DNA is non-coding (C) One codon can code for more than one amino acids (D) More than one codons can code for the same amino acids

Last Answer : Answer : D

Description : Genetic code is (A) Overlapping (B) Non-overlapping (C) Not universal (D) Ambiguous

Last Answer : Answer : B

Description : Degeneracy of genetic code implies that (A) Codons do not code for specific amino acid (B) Multiple codons must decode the same amino acids (C) No anticodon on tRNA molecule (D) Specific codon decodes many amino acids

Last Answer : Answer : B

Description : Genetic code is (A) Collection of codon (B) Collection of amino acids (C) Collection of purine nucleotide (D) Collection of pyrimidine nucleotide

Last Answer : Answer : A

Description : Consider the following statements: The genetic code said to be degenerate and universal which means that, (1) Amino afids may have more than one codon (2) All amino acids have mo than one codon (3) Codons are common for higher and lower organism (4) Codons are not found in bacteria

Last Answer : Ans. ((d))

Description : How many different kinds of amino acids are specified by the genetic code? (a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 200

Last Answer : Ans:(b)

Description : Following are the characteristic of genetic code (a) It is triplet (b) It is universal (c) It is non-overlapping (d) It is ambiguous

Last Answer : Ans:(a)

Description : Production of a human protein in bacteria by genetic engineering is possible because (a) the human chromosome can replicate in bacterial cell (b) the mechanism of gene regulation is identical in ... ) bacterial cell can carry out the RNA splicing reactions (d) the genetic code is universal.

Last Answer : (d) the genetic code is universal.

Description : .Because most of the amino acids are represented by more than one codon, the genetic code is(a) overlapping (b) wobbling (c) degenerate (d) generate.

Last Answer : a) overlapping

Description : .Genetic code consists of (a) adenine and guanine (b) cytosine and uracil (c) cytosine and guanine (d) all of these.

Last Answer : d) all of these.

Description : .In the genetic dictionary, there are 64 codons as (a) 64 amino acids are to be coded (b) 64 types of tRNAs are present (c) there are 44 nonsense codons and 20 sense codons (d) genetic code is triplet.

Last Answer : (c) there are 44 nonsense codons and 20 sense codons

Description : In the genetic code dictionary, how many codons are used to code for all the 20 essential amino acids? (a) 20 (b) 64 (c) 61 (d) 60

Last Answer : b) 64

Description : .Degeneration of a genetic code is attributed to the (a) first member of a codon (b) second member of codon (c) entire codon (d) third member of a codon.

Last Answer : (b) second member of codon

Description : What is not true for genetic code? (a) It is nearly universal. (b) It is degenerate. (c) It is unambiguous. (d) A codon in mRNA is read in a non-contiguous fashion.

Last Answer : (c) It is unambiguous.

Description : Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a “triplet”? (a) Hershey and Chase (b) Morgan and Sturtevant (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Nirenberg and Mathaei

Last Answer : (b) Morgan and Sturtevant

Description : The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code, is its being (a) degenerate (b) ambiguous (c) universal (d) specific.

Last Answer : degenerate

Description : Which of the following is not a property of the genetic code? (a) Non-overlapping (b) Ambiguous (c) Degeneracy (d) Universal

Last Answer : (a) Non-overlapping

Description : Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology? (a) Genetic code is specific. (b) Genetic code is not ambiguous. (c) Genetic code is redundant. (d) Genetic code is nearly universal

Last Answer : (c) Genetic code is redundant.

Description : Because most of the amino acids are represented by more than one codon, the genetic code is (a) overlapping (b) wobbling (c) degenerate (d) generate

Last Answer : (c) degenerate

Description : Genetic code consists of (a) adenine and guanine (b) cytosine and uracil (c) cytosine and guanine (d) all of these.

Last Answer : (d) all of these.

Description : In the genetic dictionary, there are 64 codons as (a) 64 amino acids are to be coded (b) 64 types of tRNAs are present (c) there are 44 nonsense codons and 20 sense codons (d) genetic code is triplet

Last Answer : genetic code is triplet

Description : Out of 64 codons, 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. It is called (a) degeneracy of genetic code (b) overlapping of gene (c) wobbling of codon (d) universility of codons.

Last Answer : (a) degeneracy of genetic code

Description : n the genetic code dictionary, how many codons are used to code for all the 20 essential amino acids? (a) 20 (b) 64 (c) 61 (d) 60

Last Answer : c) 61

Description : Degeneration of a genetic code is attributed to the (a) first member of a codon (b) second member of codon (c) entire codon (d) third member of a codon.

Last Answer : d) third member of a codon.

Description : What is not true for genetic code? (a) It is nearly universal. (b) It is degenerate. (c) It is unambiguous. (d) A codon in mRNA is read in a non-contiguous fashion.

Last Answer : d) A codon in mRNA is read in a non-contiguous

Description : Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a “triplet”? (a) Hershey and Chase (b) Morgan and Sturtevant (c) Beadle and Tatum (d) Nirenberg and Mathaei

Last Answer : (b) Morgan and Sturtevant

Description : The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code, is its being (a) degenerate (b) ambiguous (c) universal (d) specific.

Last Answer : (d) specific.

Description : Which of the following is not a property of the genetic code? (a) Non-overlapping (b) Ambiguous (c) Degeneracy (d) Universal

Last Answer : (b) Ambiguous

Description : Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology? (a) Genetic code is specific. (b) Genetic code is not ambiguous. (c) Genetic code is redundant. (d) Genetic code is nearly universal.

Last Answer : (d) Genetic code is nearly universal

Description : When was the genetic code completed? A- 1958 B- 1952 C- 1966 D- 1968

Last Answer : 1966

Description : 4.The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code is its being (a)Specific (b)degenerate (C)ambiguous (d)universal

Last Answer : ANS.(C) ambiguous

Description : Who invented the telegraph and the code that the telegraph used?

Last Answer : Samuel Morse invented the telegraph and the code that the telegraph used (Morse Code).