Questions for the exam will taken (with some modification) from the various Problem Sets, Study Questions, investigations, and companions covered since the beginning of the semester. The following are fair game:

Problem Sets

• Problem Set 1: Library Treasure Hunt
• Problem Set 2: Strategies of Life
• Problem Set 3: Protein Structure
• Problem Set 4: Protein Structure and Function
• Problem Set 5: DNA Structure
• Problem Set 6: DNA Replication

Study Questions from notes for:

• Strategies of Life
• Wrinch companion
• Protein
• Sanger & Tuppy (1951) companion
• Perutz et al (1965) companion
• DNA structure (plus notes on diffraction)
• DNA replication
• Meselson & Stahl (1958) companion

Investigations

• What is a Gene? and companion
• Exercise on results vs conclusion and similar
• Build your own DNA
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Problem Set 6, problem 4)
• Your research proposal

...and that's it! If you can solve these problems and answer the questions, you should be able to do the same readily on the exam.

For more, see Course at a Glance, Objectives and Strategies, Integrative Exams and Exam 2 ground rules.