DNA structure
RNA
The Discovery
Genetics
The Bases
100
This is the shape of DNA.
What is double helix?
100
RNA is the abbreviation for this molecule.
What is ribonucleic acid?
100
She used x-ray diffraction to get an image of DNA.
Who was Rosalind Franklin?
100
These are changes in the number, type, or order of bases on DNA.
What are mutations?
100
The "A" represents this base.
What is adenine?
200
It's abbreviation is DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
200
This is the sugar found in RNA.
What is ribose?
200
He discovered that adenine and thymine are always found in equal amounts.
Who was Chargaff?
200
These are physical or chemical agents that can cause mutations.
What are mutagens?
200
This is the complementary base of adenine.
What is thymine?
300
These make up the outside of the DNA ladder.
What is alternating sugar and phosphate?
300
The number of strands that make up RNA.
What is one?
300
These two created the first DNA model.
Who were Watson and Crick?
300
This is the manipulation of genes by scientists.
What is genetic engineering?
300
This base always pairs with cytosine.
What is guanine?
400
These make up the rungs of the DNA ladder.
What is a pair of bases?
400
The type of RNA that carries the code from nucleus to ribosome.
What is messenger RNA?
400
This process allowed Franklin to see a spiral image of DNA.
What is x-ray diffraction?
400
This disease is caused by a substitution mutation.
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
400
The "T" in DNA represents what base?
What is thymine?
500
Sugar, phosphate, and a base make up this sub unit of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
500
This replaces thymine in RNA.
What is uracil?
500
The year that Watson and Crick discovered the DNA double helix. (I'll take the decade-1920's,1930's, 1940's, 1950's)
What is 1953?
500
This mutagen was used in buildings, like in ceiling tiles, and is now banned.
What is asbestos?
500
This holds a base pair together.
What is hydrogen bond?
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