DNA bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Griffith's R strain turns deadly.

   Item

   Transformation

2. Clue

   A equals T, G equals C.

   Item

   Chargaff

3. Clue

   Watson and Crick's model.

   Item

   Double helix

4. Clue

   Strands run opposite ways.

   Item

   Antiparallel

5. Clue

   DNA wrapped on histones.

   Item

   Nucleosome

6. Clue

   Unzips the helix.

   Item

   Helicase

7. Clue

   Lagging strand fragments.

   Item

   Okazaki

8. Clue

   Rebuilds chromosome ends.

   Item

   Telomerase

9. Clue

   Insertion shifts the reading.

   Item

   Frameshift

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation