BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Questionnaire on: DNA Structure
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Fall 2014  


I. Basic Information

A. Your name 
II. Old business (no need to repeat anything you've said in a previous questionnaire)
  1. Perutz et al (1965)
    Any parting thoughts on this article, companion, or related issues?
  2. Building your own DNA
    Any parting thoughts on doing it yourself?
III. DNA Structure (Sections A, B, and C)

  1. How far have you gotten in the notes DNA Structure?  

    Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (in the notes DNA Structure Parts A-C):

  2. The tetranucleotide hypothesis and why if true it would make it impossible for DNA to be the genetic material
     
  3. The Chargaff rules and how they were found
     
  4. How the double slit experiment works
     
  5. How the helical structure of DNA and internucleotide distances can be discerned from Franklin and Gosling's x-ray photograph
     
  6. The biological significance of Watson and Crick's model and how they arrived at it (model building)

    Choose up to three study questions related to DNA structure that you would most like discussed in class:

    SQ1  SQ2  SQ3  SQ4  SQ5  SQ6  SQ7  SQ8  SQ9 
    SQ10  SQ11  SQ12  SQ13 

    Consider how comfortable you are with the following topics (in the notes DNA Structure Part D):

  7. The importance of thinking about DNA sequences in terms of 5'-to-3'
     
  8. The nature of a DNA palindrome
     
  9. The biological roles for palindromic sequences

    Choose up to two study questions that you would most like discussed in class:

    SQ14  SQ15  SQ16  SQ17  SQ18  SQ19  SQ20
IV. DNA Experiment
Have you looked over the portion of a research article presented as DNA experiment and related notes?
Any thoughts on it thus far?

V. Miscellaneous

Any other comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns you may have?

Thanks!

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