Scientists
DNA and RNA
Protein Synthesis
Mutations
Miscellaneous
100
Which scientist developed the double-helix model?
What is Watson and Crick
100
What is the name of the enzyme that unzips DNA?
What is helicase
100
Which process makes messenger RNA?
What is Transcription
100
What is a mutation?
What is changes in DNA sequence that affect genetic information
100
Where is RNA found?
What is in the nucleus and cytoplasm
200
Which scientist took x-ray pictures of DNA, proving the double helix theory.
What is Rosalind Franklin
200
Adenine and Guanine have ring structures called what?
What is purines
200
Transcribe the following sequence: CTAGA
What is GAUCU
200
What type of mutation affects one nucleotide (substitution)?
What is point mutations
200
Replicate this strand: AGGTCA
What is TCCAGT
300
Which team of scientists discovered that DNA is the genetic material of life?
What is Hershey and Chase
300
What is the name of the enzyme that brings in new bases?
What is DNA polymerase
300
Where does transcription take place?
What is in the nucleus
300
List three different mutagens.
What is chemicals, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation
300
Happy almost Thanksgiving break!
What is Winning!
400
Which team of scientists used mice to make their discovery that DNA controls heredity?
What is Griffith and Avery
400
Describe the shape of DNA and RNA?
What is DNA=double helix; RNA=single stranded
400
What is the name of the three letter sequence that is the opposite of an mRNA sequence.
What is an anticodon
400
Which type of mutation shifts the sequence of bases?
What is frameshift mutations
400
What process makes exact copies of DNA using complementary bases?
What is DNA replication
500
Which two scientists took information from another scientist in order to publish their findings?
What is Watson and Crick
500
What is DNA replication?
What is the process by which an exact copy of DNA is made
500
What monomers come together to make proteins?
What is amino acids
500
Down's Syndrome is caused by what type of mutation?
What is chromosomal mutation
500
When you use a codon to find an amino acid on the amino acid wheel, you always use which type of nucleic acid?
What is mRNA
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