DNA Structure
In DNA, Adenine always bonds with _____.
What is Thymine?
This type of mutation is when extra bases are added to the DNA strand.
What is a substitution?
The scientists that physically modeled DNA molecule and won the award for it
Who are Watson and Crick?
The rungs of the DNA ladder are made of these.
What are bases?
This type of reproduction only involves one parent organism.
What is asexual reproduction?
This is the shape DNA is described as.
What is double helix?
The type of mutation shown below:
AAT-ACC-GAA-TTT
AAT-ACC-GGA-TTT
What is a substitution?
The "unsung hero" of DNA discovery
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This is where DNA is located in a cell.
What is the nucleus?
This type of reproduction is more efficient but lacks genetic variety.
What is asexual reproduction?
These two things make up the "backbone" or sides of DNA.
What are phosphate and sugar (deoxyribose)?
If a mutation does occur, these are the 3 outcomes.
What are harmful, neutral, and beneficial?
The year that the structure of DNA was discovered
What is 1953?
The type of bonds that hold the nitrogenous bases together in a DNA strand
What are hydrogen bonds?
Name 2 disadvantages of sexual reproduction.
What are... (answers will vary)
This is the name of the building blocks of DNA (it contains three molecules).
What is nucleotide?
A type of mutation that would increase the chances that an organism would survive.
What is a beneficial mutation?
This kind of machine was used to determine that DNA was a double helix.
What is an X-ray?
During DNA replication, the complementary DNA strand for ACGTCC would be:
What is TGCAGG?
The method(s) of reproduction that strawberries use.
What are BOTH asexual and sexual reproduction?
The 3 parts of a nucleotide.
What is phosphate, sugar, nitrogen base.
A genetic blood disorder that is caused by a substitution mutation and causes blood cells to be misshapen.
What is sickle cell anemia?
Number of photo taken by Rosalind Franklin that confirmed helix shape
What is photo 51?
If a DNA strand had 40% cytosine, how much adenine would it have?
What is 10%?
This type of asexual reproduction is used by bacteria.
What is binary fission?