Understanding Nucleic Acids

Practice Questions

GRE Subject Test: Biology › Understanding Nucleic Acids

Questions
4
1

What is the main difference between DNA nucleotides and RNA nucleotides?

2

Which of the following are components of a nucleotide?

I. Nitrogenous base

II. Glucose sugar

III. Ribose sugar

IV. Three sulfates

V. Three phosphates

3

Pick the reason that is least likely to explain why two purines will never be seen attached to each other in a DNA helix.

4

Which of the following is not true of nucleic acids?

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