Your Thoughts On Biology 2010 Exam 2

[slothpomba]

With the bacteria question, the answer was A yeah.  the toxin will be produced when the other mRNA is absent?

Also, with the question with the numbers, was the one with 4 first the answer?

I am scared it may have wanted them in the reverse order...

Yeah, it was A... i had to read it a couple times to make sure what was being broken down.. the mRNA or the protein by some enzyme...

I recall 4 being first... was that the history question?
The first one was about lemarcks theories... (4)
Second one was about darwins theories (?)
Third was about nucleotide sequence(?)
Fourth was wattson and crick discovering double helix structure of DNA(2 i think..)

[lexitu]

The one with 4 was correct.

No one has the paper? I tried to get one but my teachers only had one so I told them not to worry about it.

[ivslt247]

it was definitely the one with 4 as dna hybridisation is obviously the  the latest technology..

[pi]

just feaking out on the big transciption/translation question...

which one did u have to write about first?

[The Detective]

I hope so onerealsmartass.

I burned all my notes as soon as I got home, very satisfying!

good on you!!!!

[thushan]

Transcription first, then translation

i chucked in post-transcriptional modifications, but indicated that they were between transcription and translation by underlining post

[s2lindah]

just feaking out on the big transciption/translation question...

which one did u have to write about first?

Pretty sure it was transcription first.
And one of the last questions about the marcotted treets? They weren't genetically modified right XD

[cypriottiger]

yea i said no GM, because no actual alterations to the genetic code occured.

[pi]

just feaking out on the big transciption/translation question...

which one did u have to write about first?

Pretty sure it was transcription first.
And one of the last questions about the marcotted treets? They weren't genetically modified right XD

phew, i got it right


but one my friends did it the other way...

[s2lindah]

yea i said no GM, because no actual alterations to the genetic code occured.

Yup pretty much what I wrote!

[onerealsmartass]

yeah lamarks theory was first which was 4.
and A is right for the bacteria question, took me like 5 times rereading it to finally get it. LOL

umm @ thushan: i reckon i did good, felt so happy and content after it cos i worked my ass off this semester after feeling like shit after the mid yr... im confident in getting an A, and i think i should be able to get an A+ all depends on how picky the examiners are...
found it easy overall and fair just those pesky retarded questions.

[onerealsmartass]

haha yeh transcription/translation quetsoin pretty much heres 8 marks free if you understand this concept
also i was so glad that there was a coupl of questions on speciation and natural selection
disappointed in the lack of pedigree and punnet square questions. <<< easy marks

[masonnnn]

yeah in the transcription translation one, the end product of the transcription was the same length as the one they showed in the translation... so in the end of the transcription paragraph i added the whole rna processing where introns are removed. hope they don't like, deduct points if that's unnecesary aha.

[pi]

wanted an amino acid/mRNA question, when u read off the table

very easy marks

[thushan]

Actually you wouldn't as the rest of the state would get that right as well