DNA Vocabulary
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
What is the shape of DNA?
What is Double-stranded helix / ladder / spiral staircase?
Joins the bases between the strands are held together by____________ bonds.
What is a hydrogen bond?
A process in which cell is able to make copies of DNA molecules.
What is replication?
The scientists credited for discovering the shape of DNA.
Who are Watson & Crick?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine.
What are the four different nucleotides in DNA?
Where is DNA located in eukaryotic cells?
What is the nucleus of cells?
A nucleotide that contains the nitrogen base cytosine will pair with ____.
What is Guanine?
When DNA strands separate, what is the Y-shaped region that forms called?
What is the Replication Fork?
Where in a eukaryotic cell is DNA found?
What is the nucleus?
These are segments of DNA that relate to certain trait.
What is a gene?
What is the monomer of DNA called?
What is a Nucleotide?
In DNA, there are always equal amounts of Adenine with Thymine and equal amounts of Cytosine to guanine.
What is the base pair rule?
What is the role of helicase in DNA replication?
What is unzips the strands?
What is the complimentary DNA strand of: GGCATA
What is CCGTAT?
The phase of cell cycle involved in synthesis of DNA.
What is S phase?
What is the function of DNA?
What is carries/stores genetic information?
Why do organism need DNA?
What is to make proteins, store genes and transmit information to the next generation?
What is the first step in DNA replication?
What is the DNA uncoils and unzips?
What is the mistake in DNA called______________
What is a Mutation?
What is DNA Polymerase?
What is an enzyme that joins new nucleotides to make the duplicate strand during DNA replication?
Why is DNA replication considered semi-conservative?
What is one of the original strands are retained(conserved) in the newly constructed strand?
The new DNA molecules each contain a new and an old strand.
This enzyme brings the nucleotides to the exposed strand?
What is polymerase?
If a sample in DNA is 38% Cytosine(C), what percent od Adenine (A) is present?
What is Adenine is 12%?