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Exam 3 Bio 200 Notes

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Exam 3 Bio 200 Notes
Exam 3 Bio 200 Notes
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Genetics is what chapters this exam basically covers--These flashcards are for personal use only and a compilation of information from my own personal knowledge, the web, and my textbook. I am only using these for studying. They will be taken off at the e
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Question: Explain why researchers originally thought protein was the genetic material
Answer: . It boils down to variety: it was known that proteins were made from 20 different amino acids, while DNA is made of only four different bases. It kinda makes sense, then, that proteins could code for MUCH greater variety in their amino acid sequence than DNA could in its nucleotide sequence.