DNA Discovery/DNA
DNA and RNA
Transcription Translation
Transcription
Translation
Mutations
100
The subunits that combines to form DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid.
What are nucleotides?
100
DNA is _______ stranded. RNA is ________ stranded.
What is 'double' and 'single'?
100
DNA is the ________________. RNA is the ___________.
What is 'master plan' and 'blueprint'?
100
This is the cell part that sythesizes amino acids into a protein.
What is a ribosome?
100
This type of mutation impacts every amino acid that follows:
What is deletion or insertion (frameshift)?
200
The scientists who discovered the double helix structure of DNA?
Who were Watson and Crick?
200
The process by which DNA is duplicated before cell division.
What is DNA replication?
200
The strand of DNA from which mRNA is produced.
What is the template strand?
200
The three base code in DNA and RNA.
What is a codon?
200
Achondroplasia dwarfism is a disorder caused by a single base change. This type of mutation is a:
What is a substitution (point)?
300
The base pairing rules of DNA.
What are A = T and C = G?
300
This type of RNA serves as the genetic blueprint for building proteins.
What is messenger RNA (mRNA)?
300
The DNA is transcribed in the __________, but the mRNA transcript then goes to the ___________.
What is 'nucleus', 'cytoplasm'?
300
The "Central Dogma" of genetics and biology.
What is 'DNA --> RNA --> Protein'?
300
Mutations first occur in the:
What is DNA?
400
Before DNA was discovered as the genetic molecule, most scientists believed that this molecule passed along traits because it is so diverse.
What are proteins?
400
If a codon of mRNA reads 'UCG' and it is mutated to 'UAG' what will happen?
What is a stop codon will be produced and translation will stop?
400
This RNA based molecules brings the correct amino acid to the ribosome.
What is a transfer RNA (tRNA)?
400
The amino acid sequence for A U G U U U C G C A U G C G A G C C U A A.
What is met - phe. - arg. - met. - arg. - ala. - STOP?
400
Because the mRNA copied from the mutated template DNA is also defective, so will the _______ that is translated.
What are proteins?
500
The three parts that make up a nucleotide of DNA.
What are a phosphate, sugar, and base?
500
The body needs to produce hemoglobin so that red blood cells are able to transport oxygen. Describe in detail what will happen so this occurs.
Answers will vary.
500
The complementary mRNA sequence of this DNA sequence: T A C G C G G G A T A T C T G A T C
What is 'A U G C G C C C U A U A G A C U A G'?
500
The process of using an mRNA blueprint to produce a protein.
What is translation?
500
Explain why all mutations don't necessarily lead to a change in the protein structure.
What are because many amino acids can be 'spelled' several ways, such as CCA, CCU, CCG and CCC all code for proline.
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