Francis Crick — Questions and answers

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What did Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty, and Colin MacLeod discover in 1944?

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  1. That proteins carried genetic information.
  2. That DNA was the 'transforming principle' for bacteria. ✓
  3. How to make bacteria stronger.
  4. That genes were located in the cell nucleus.

Answer: That DNA was the 'transforming principle' for bacteria.

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Who was the skilled X-ray crystallographer at King's College London trying to understand DNA's structure?

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  1. Linus Pauling
  2. James Watson
  3. Rosalind Franklin ✓
  4. Francis Crick

Answer: Rosalind Franklin

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What was the name of Rosalind Franklin's famous image that showed an X-shaped pattern?

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  1. 'Photo 51' ✓
  2. 'The DNA Blueprint'
  3. 'Helix X'
  4. 'The Secret Picture'

Answer: 'Photo 51'

From page 5

What important rule helped Watson and Crick figure out how DNA's bases pair up?

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  1. That DNA was made of metal.
  2. That guanine always equaled thymine.
  3. That adenine always equaled thymine, and guanine always equaled cytosine. ✓
  4. That proteins were the building blocks.

Answer: That adenine always equaled thymine, and guanine always equaled cytosine.

From page 6

What big idea did Francis Crick propose about how genetic information flows?

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  1. The Double Helix.
  2. The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. ✓
  3. The Genetic Code.
  4. The Protein Pathway.

Answer: The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology.

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Besides DNA, what else did Francis Crick explore later in his life?

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  1. Ancient history.
  2. How to build robots.
  3. Consciousness and the brain. ✓
  4. The stars and planets.

Answer: Consciousness and the brain.

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