dna
DNA is often known as the...
blueprint of life
What does DNA stand for?
deoxyribonuceic acid
What is the compliment pairing of GTCAT
CAGTA
What are the two major types of mutations?
Spontaneous and induced
are mutations bad?
not always
DNA contains instructions for making what within the cell?
proteins
What shape is DNA?
double helix
What does A stand for in the base pair
Adenine
Which major type of mutation mostly occurs through DNA errors?
Spontaneous
What type of point mutation leads to a stop codon?
nonsense
Which two discovered DNA?
Watson and Crick
What does DNA code for?
genes
What does G stand for in the base pairing
Guanine
What kind of mutation only changes by one base pair?
Point mutations
What type of point mutation leads to the same codon?
silent
Name one reason we study DNA
Important to life on earth, medical benefits, better food crops
DNA is made of repeating subunits called?
nucleotides
What is the process of making another DNA strand called?
DNA replication
what type of mutations result in gain or loss to thousands of mutations
insertion/deletion
What type of point mutation leads to a different codon but is not a stop codon?
missense
which rule states that A can only be paired with T, and C can only be paired with G
Chargaff's rule
What are the three parts of a nucleotide
base, deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group
What is the process of turning DNA into RNA called?
RNA transcription
What three letters represent the start codon?
AUG
What are the three stop codons?
UAA, UGA, UAG