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Heredity and Heritability — Unit test

Question 8 • Anatomy & Physiology A

A scientist is conducting research on the enzyme helicase. The scientist is most likely trying to learn more about the way in which

Answer
A
nucleotides form.
B
DNA unzips.
C
nucleotides are removed.
D
DNA is reassembled.

Explanation

Helicase is an enzyme that separates the two strands of DNA by breaking the bonds between paired bases. This unwinds or “unzips” DNA, which allows the strands to be copied. Therefore, the scientist is most likely studying how DNA unzips.

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