Discovery of DNA Quiz

Discovery of DNA Quiz

ByDr. Niamat Khan
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Welcome to the “Discovery of DNA Quiz. To begin with and moving forward, the “Discovery of DNA Quiz” is an engaging and informative quiz. Additionally, we designed this quiz, like our (TSP) quizzes, to test your understanding of how scientists discovered DNA? With this in mind, Watson and Crick led the foundation of DNA structure by analysing Franklin image and Chargaff’s data of nucleotides pairing. Therefore, DNA discovery is the most inventive discovery in the field of Bioscience that revolutionised our understanding of inheritance.

Particularly, this quiz is not just about testing your knowledge. But also, it’s an opportunity to know about the pioneering scientists like Friedrich Miescher, who first isolated DNA, X-ray diffraction image’s work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, whose provided crucial insights into DNA’s structure. Therefore, we design each question to challenge your understanding and appreciation of DNA’s importance.Overall, It’s a tribute to the collaborative efforts and groundbreaking discoveries that have shaped modern life science in the form of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.

So, are you ready to test and refresh your previous knowledge of the “Discovery of DNA”? 

Discovery of DNA Quiz

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Who called Watson & Crick “two pitchmen in search of a helix”

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In 1957, Franklin died of ovarian cancer. The possible reason of her cancer

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Much of the work on double helixwas performed by

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Franklin has been referred as

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At the begaining, DNA was called “nuclein“ by

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Watson, Crick, and Wilkins were awarded Nobel Prize in

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In DNA double helix discovery, who was not properly credited forhis/her part

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Watson & Crick Model is based on

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According to Watson & Crick DNA model, double helix resembles

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Who discovered DNA?

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Discovery of DNA Quiz Questions

  • Who discovered DNA?1
  • According to Watson & Crick DNA model, double helix resembles2
  • Watson & Crick Model is based on3
  • In DNA double helix discovery, who was not properly credited forhis/her part4
  • Watson, Crick, and Wilkins were awarded Nobel Prize in (details in Ref. 4)
  • At the begaining, DNA was called “nuclein“ by5
  • Franklin has been referred as6
  • Much of the work on double helixwas performed by (details in Ref. 3)
  • In 1957, Franklin died of ovarian cancer. The possible reason of her cancer (details in Ref. 3).
  • In 1957, Franklin died of ovarian cancer. The possible reason of her cancer (details in Ref. 3).
  • Who called Watson & Crick “two pitchmen in search of a helix”7

References:

  1. Genetics For Dummies®. By Tara Rodden Robinson, & Lisa Cushman Spock. 3rd Edition. (2020). Published by John Wiley & Sons, IncC. PART 2DNA: The Genetic Material. Chapter no. 5 DNA: The Basis of Life. Topics: Discovering DNA.    Page no. 87 ↩︎
  2. Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine. By Robert L. Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, Huntington F. Willard. Eighth Edition (2015). Published by Elsevier. Chapter no. 2: Introduction to the Human Genome. Topics: DNA Structure: A Brief Review. Page no. 7 ↩︎
  3. Genetics For Dummies®. By Tara Rodden Robinson, & Lisa Cushman Spock. 3rd Edition. (2020). Published by John Wiley & Sons, IncC. PART 2DNA: The Genetic Material. Chapter no. 5 DNA: The Basis of Life. Topics: Hard feelings and the helix: Franklin, Wilkins, Watson, and Crick.    Page no. 88 ↩︎
  4. Genetics For Dummies®. By Tara Rodden Robinson, & Lisa Cushman Spock. 3rd Edition. (2020). Published by John Wiley & Sons, IncC. PART 2DNA: The Genetic Material. Chapter no. 5 DNA: The Basis of Life. Topics: Hard feelings and the helix: Franklin, Wilkins, Watson, and Crick.    Page no. 89 ↩︎
  5. Essential of Genetics. By Klug, Cummings, Spencer, Palladino, Killian. 10thEdition (2020). Published by Pearson. Chapter no. 9: DNA structure and Analysis.  Topics: Until 1944, Observations Favored Protein as the Genetic Material.  Page no. 162  ↩︎
  6. 1. Stasiak, A 2003 The first lady of DNA. EMBO reports, 4(1): 14–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.embor.embor723
    2. Maddox, B. The double helix and the ‘wronged heroine‘. Nature 421, 407–408 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01399
    3. Glynn, J 2012 Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin. The Lancet, 379(9821): 1094–1095. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60452-8
    4. Robin E. Jensen, Melissa M. Parks, Benjamin W. Mann, Kourtney Maison & Madison A. Krall (2019)Mapping Nature’s scientist: The posthumous demarcation of Rosalind Franklin’s crystallographic data,Quarterly Journal of Speech, 105:3, 297-318, DOI: 10.1080/00335630.2019.1629000
    5.Davies, K, , PhD 2020 Rosalind Franklin Scientist. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, 40(7): 8–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/gen.40.07.02 ↩︎
  7. Genetics For Dummies®. By Tara Rodden Robinson, & Lisa Cushman Spock. 3rd Edition. (2020). Published by John Wiley & Sons, IncC. PART 2DNA: The Genetic Material. Chapter no. 5 DNA: The Basis of Life. Topics: Obeying Chargaff’s rules. Page no. 88 ↩︎
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