Structure of DNA
This stands for DNA
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
These are the sperm and egg cells
What are gametes?
This is what changes in the DNA sequencing are called
What are mutations?
This is where RNA delivers the instructions of DNA
What are the ribosomes?
This is where DNA is located
What is the nucleus?
This is how DNA is structured
What is a double helix?
This is the number of pairs of chromosomes that every human possesses
What is 23?
This is what happens when healthy mutations are passed on to the next generation
What is natural selection?
This is what the instructions within DNA are telling the ribosomes to produce
What are proteins?
These are the abbreviated nitrogenous bases that form a DNA strand
What is A, G, C, and T
This is the subunit, or monomer, of DNA
What is a nucleotide?
This is what a cell spends much of its 'life' in
What is interphase?
This is what the substitution of one nucleotide for another is called
What is point mutation?
This is what happens when RNA picks up the instructions within DNA
What is transcription?
This is the base in RNA that is not in DNA
What is uracil (U)?
These three things comprise the subunit of DNA
What is sugar, phosphate, and nitrogenous bases?
This is what happens when cells duplicate and then divide, giving all of the DNA code to the daughter cells
What is Mitosis?
These are cancer causing agents
What are carcinogens?
This is what happens when RNA delivers the instructions of DNA to protein producing sites
What is translation?
These are cells other than the sperm and egg
What are somatic cells?
This is what happens when the bases of DNA form hydrogen bonds between two nitrogenous bases
What is complementary base pairing?
This is what happens when the cells duplicate, divide, and then divide again, giving only half of the DNA code to the daughter cells
What is Meiosis?
These are physical or chemical factors in the environment that can change or damage DNA
What are mutagens?
This is the scientific alternative name for gene expression
What is the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology?
This is the original cell of all humans
What is a zygote?