In chain termination sequencing, DNA replication halts in a polymerase chain reaction, owing to the incorporation of a chemically altered base into a growing DNA chain. When this occurs, a ________ results.

A) partial DNA molecule

B) template strand

C) complementary sequence

D) first-generation DNA molecule


A) partial DNA molecule

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A. inversion. B. translocation. C. trisomy. D. nondisjunction. E. disjunction.

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a. Glomeromycota b. Basidiomycota c. Chytridiomycota d. Zygomycota e. Ascomycota

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Fred Griffith's experiment, in which he used two strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, demonstrated that _____

a. pathogenic bacteria function differently in mice than in other organisms b. harmless bacteria can become transformed into disease-causing bacteria by a bacteria transformation factor c. pure DNA extracted from disease-causing bacteria transformed harmless strains into killer strains d. dead cells lose their genetic information e. DNA is a protein rich in nitrogen and phosphorus

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