A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait is called a ______________.
What is a gene?
The bonds that link nitrogen bases together.
What are hydrogen bonds?
The full name of two types of RNA
What are messenger RNA, transfer RNA or ribosomal RNA?
Gene mutations can be caused by:
What is viruses, radiation, UV rays, chemicals, etc?
These special types of proteins help to unzip DNA and match up complementary nucleotide bases during DNA replication and protein synthesis.
What are helicase and polymerase?
Many amino acids have more than one codon. If a mutation doesn't cause a change in the resulting protein, this would be a _____________ mutation.
What is a silent mutation?
Several scientists were involved in the discovery of DNA. One of the following was not involved:
James Watson, Robert Hooke, Erwin Chargaff, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins
Who is Robert Hooke?
The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA. The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation.
What is a deletion?
This is always the first codon to be translated on an mRNA sequence
What is AUG?