Ecoli DnaB Temperature Sensitive Mutants Cannot Undergo DNA Replication at 40^oC

question 18

True/False

E.coli dnaB temperature sensitive mutants cannot undergo DNA replication at 40^oC due to the loss of helicase activity.

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Definitions:

Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

An outdated scientific theory that proposed individuals can pass on traits acquired during their lifetime to their offspring.

Lamarck

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, was a French naturalist known for his early theory of evolution, proposing that organisms could pass on traits acquired in their lifetime to their offspring.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A principle that states allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of evolutionary influences.

Homozygous Recessive

An individual having two identical recessive alleles for a specific trait, resulting in the expression of that trait.