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If you were to run different DNA fragments on a gel, which fragment would appear most towards the top?

The technique of Sanger sequencing takes advantage of the fact that dideoxynucleotides (nucleotides in which the 3’ hydroxyl group is absent) act as ________.

Which of the following diseases is not caused by a virus?

When fingerprinting an individual, you run their DNA out on a gel in order to get a banding pattern. What do you probe for to light up specific bands?

Cilia are part of the protective barrier located in the ________.

What is the driving force that turns the ATP synthase during oxidative phosphorylation?

The complement system refers to ________.

Which of the following is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside of living cells?

Nondisjunction is a disorder where a single chromosome doesn’t split during the anaphase stage of mitosis and meiosis. If I were to observe the elephant genome, I would see a total of 56 chromosomes line up during metaphase. If a single nondisjunction event were to occur during anaphase II, what would the expected chromosome counts be in the four haploid cells?

An RNA polymerase transcribes the bottom strand of the following DNA sequence. What will be the resulting mRNA molecule? 5’ ACTTTGAGACTAGATC 3’ 3’ TGAAACTCTGATCTAG 5’