Which of the Following Statements Is NOT True About the Debate

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the debate over the nature of genetic material?

• A)Many scientists believed that DNA was not the genetic material because,with only four types of nucleotides,DNA did not have enough variability to store information.
• B)Scientists focused on carbohydrate and protein in their studies of possible genetic material since they knew that genes were on chromosomes and that chromosomes were made of carbohydrate and protein.
• C)Many scientists thought that proteins had a greater capacity for storing information because proteins contain 20 amino acids that could be sequenced differently.
• D)Some scientists thought that RNA was likely to be the genetic material.

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which an innate response to a potent stimulus becomes triggered by a previously neutral stimulus after repeated association.

Operant Conditioning

A learning method that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the occurrence of desired behaviors.

Automatic Responses

Reflex actions or instinctual reactions that occur without conscious thought, often as a result of learned behaviors or biological predispositions.

Voluntary Responses

Reactions that are consciously controlled and performed by an individual in response to external stimuli.