DNA Decoding
In DNA, the bases that are complementary (pair) to one another are...
What are adenine and thymine, & cytosine and guanine?
Three types of RNA...
What are mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA?
The building blocks of proteins are...
What are amino acids?
The process of creating proteins is called...
What is translation or protein synthesis?
Genetic mutations that occur at a single point...
What are point mutations?
The monomer (building blocks) of DNA are...
The monomers of DNA contain...
What is a nucleotide? What are phosphates, deoxyribose sugars, and nitrogen bases?
The site of converting DNA to mRNA...
What is the nucleus?
The factory site for translating mRNA into the proper sequence of amino acids is ___.
What are ribosomes?
DNA becomes mRNA during...
What is transcription?
A mutation that has no effect on the protein that is produced....
What is a silent mutation?
The primary function of DNA is...
What is the storage of genetic information & making proteins?
In RNA, adenine pairs with...
What is Uracil?
Groups of 3 nucleotides that code for an amino acid is called...
What is a codon?
The enzymes that help DNA prepare for replication (one unzips & one adds nucleotides to template strands)
What are DNA helicase and DNA polymerase?
Beneficial genetic mutations relate to this principle of ecology...
What is Natural Selection?
The two types of ringed structures that make up our nitrogen bases...
What are purines and pyrimidines?
In mRNA, the m stands for...
In tRNA, the t stands for...
In rRNA, the r stands for...
What are messenger, transfer, ribosomal RNA?
What is the code and the amino acid name for the start codon?
What is AUG/Methionine?
During translation, mRNA becomes...
What is an amino acid?
Three types of mutations are...
What are: Insertion, Deletion, or Substitution mutations? (Silent/Frameshift count too)
According to Chargaff's rule, if 20% of a DNA molecule contains thymine, what are the percentages of adenine, guanine, and cytosine?
What is 20% adenine, 30% cytosine, and 30% guanine?
The purpose of RNA taking a copy of only a small section of DNA is for what process?
What is transcription?
Which part of the DNA molecule carries the information for proteins and traits?
What is a nucleotide?
Code the following DNA strand into mRNA, tRNA, and the amino acid sequence: TACAGGACCAAATGAATC
What is:
mRNA: AUGUCCUGGUUUACUUAG
tRNA: UACAGGACCAAAUGAAUC
Amino Acid: Met; Ser; Phe; Thr; STOP
Mutations that do not pass along to their offspring occur in what type of cells? Gametic or Somatic?
What are somatic cells?