Subunits
DNA Structure
DNA at work!
Genetic Counseling
Oops!
100
The subunits of DNA are celled this.
What is nucleotides?
100
In the 1950's, this scientist discovered that the amount of adenine always matched the amount of thymine in DNA.
Who is Erwin Chargraff?
100
The number of bases that code for an amino acid.
What is three?
100
A diagram used to trace a trait through generations of a family.
What is a pedigree?
100
This occurs when there is a change in the order of bases in the DNA.
What are mutations?
200
One of the four bases of DNA; pairs with Thymine.
What is Adenine?
200
This scientist took a picture of DNA and discovered that it must be spiral shaped.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
200
These are made of long strings of amino acids.
What are proteins?
200
In a pedigree diagram, they are represented by squares.
What are males?
200
Anything that can cause a mutation in DNA.
What is a mutagen?
300
One of the four bases of DNA; pairs with Guanine.
What is Cytosine?
300
The process that Rosalind Franklin used to create images of DNA.
What is X-ray diffraction?
300
The "factory" within a cell where proteins are made.
What is the ribosome?
300
In a pedigree diagram, they are represented by circles.
What are females?
300
The type of mutation when an incorrect base replaces a correct base.
What is substitution?
400
One of the four bases of DNA; pairs with Cytosine.
What is Guanine?
400
The two scientists that discovered the twisted ladder shape of DNA.
Who are James Watson and Francis Crick?
400
The number of amino acids in the following: ACTTGACGGATCTAT
What is 5?
400
In a pedigree diagram, they represent a person that has a certain trait.
What is solid?
400
The type of mutation when an extra base is added.
What is insertion?
500
One of the four bases of DNA; pairs with Adenine.
What is Thymine?
500
The twisted ladder shape of DNA.
What is double helix?
500
The two things that DNA does.
What are supply instructions for cell processes and be able to be copied each time a cell divides?
500
In a pedigree diagram, they represent a person that is a carrier of a certain trait.
What is half-filled?
500
The type of mutation when a base is left out.
What is deletion?
M
e
n
u