Cell Biology Trivia
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EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Often called the 'control center' of a eukaryotic cell, the nucleus stores the organism's genetic information in what form?
DNA
What molecule carries a copy of a gene's genetic instructions from the cell nucleus to the cytoplasm to serve as a template for protein synthesis?
MRNA
In eukaryotic cells, during which direction—5' to 3' or 3' to 5'—does a ribosome scan an mRNA strand to locate the start codon?
5' to 3'
In 1665, Robert Hooke coined the term "cells" after using a microscope to examine the honeycomb-like structure of what material?
Cork
A key piece of evidence supporting the endosymbiotic origin of chloroplasts is that they contain their own what?
DNA