History of DNA
All about DNA
All about RNA
Image Identification
100
The two scientists that are responsible for discovering the shape of DNA
Who are Watson and Crick
100
The acronym DNA stands for
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
100
The acronym RNA stands for
What is Ribonucleic Acid
100
DNA is located here
The nucleus
200
This scientist took what is known as Photo 51, or the first highly detailed photo of DNA
Who is Rosalind Franklin
200
The four chemical bases within DNA
What are
Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)
200
RNA has this nitrogen base, DNA does not
What is Uracil
200
RNA is located here
The nucleus
300
First person to discover DNA, first called DNA "nuclein"
Who is Friedrich Miescher
300
Per Chargaff's Rule, these chemical bases pair with each other
What is
Adenine (A) pairs with Thymine (T)
&
Cytosine (C) pairs with Guanine (G)
300
True or false: RNA is shaped as a double helix
What is False
300
This image represents
46 chromosomes, 23 pairs
400
The year in which Friedrich Miescher discovered what we know now as DNA
What is 1869
400
The shape of DNA is referred to as
What is a double helix
400
mRNA stands for
What is messenger RNA
400
Photo taken by Rosalind Franklin, later seen by Watson and Crick
What is Photo 51
500
In 1996, the first mammal (sheep) to be cloned from a non-embryonic cell is born. Her name is....
Who is Dolly
500
Humans have this many chromosomes
What are 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes
For 100 extra points: where does your DNA come from?
500
Transfer RNA performs this function
tRNA are temporary carriers of amino acids, bringing the appropriate amino acids to the ribosome based on the messenger RNA
500
DNA was first found in
What is a white blood cell