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The Molecular Basis for Inheritance

• Freshman/Sophomore undergraduate Class Notes covering the Molecular Basis for Inheritance
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• 14 pages

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Describe Fredrick Griffiths' experiment and the Hershey and Chase experiment which led to the discovery that DNA is the heritable factor
2. Describe the structure of DNA
3. Describe how Meselson and Stahl came to conclude that DNA replicates using the semiconservative method
4. Identify key enzymes involved in DNA replication and their function
5. Explain the DNA replication process
6. Describe how telomerase work
7. Describe the macrostructure of chromosomes