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6. Retroviruses use reverse transcription of RNA into DNA and are known to have their genetic material permanantley incorporated into the host's DNA

  • True
  • False

7. A virus that attacks bacteria is called a _________

  • Bacteriophage
  • Bacteriovirus
  • Bacteriaeater

8. Mendel articulated his theory of genetics in what year?

  • 1866
  • 1966

9. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase demonstrated that ______

  • DNA and not protein is responsible for directing the reproduction of phage T2 infected E.coli cells
  • The substance causing the transfromation of R to virulent S was DNA

10. Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty and Colin MacLoad made advancements on Griffith's experiment by determining that ___

  • The substance causing the transfromation of R to virulent S was DNA
  • The offspring of the parents often contained the same genes

11. The hepatitis C virus is a ___________ RNA virus

  • Single stranded
  • Double stranded

12. Although the generalisation is that DNA is the genetic material in organisms, the exception lies in _________

  • Viruses as the genetic material is RNA
  • Archaea as the genetic material is RNA

13. Frederick Griffith demonstrated that

  • Genetic material can be transferred from one bacterial cell to another
  • The offspring of the parents often contained the same genes
  • Humans are different to monkeys