Saturday 14th January 2023
Difficulty: Very hard
DNA (Quiz #57)
Photo: Giorgio Trovato (Unsplash)
Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix. DNA carries genetic instructions for the functioning and development of all living organisms.
1. How much of human DNA is the same as that of bananas?
2. If all the DNA in your body was uncoiled and laid end to end, how far would it stretch (according to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences)?
3. How many people shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA?
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