Because of the purine-pyrimidine pairing the total number of purines in a double stranded DNA molecule is
A. Less than the total number of pyrimidines
B. Double the total number of pyrimidines
C. Equal to the total number of pyrimidines
D. Just one greater than the total number of pyrimidines
Answer: Option C
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A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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