DNA
RNA
Mutations
Vocab
Miscellaneous
100
The four bases used in DNA. (letters are okay)
What is A, T, C, G?
100
The strand of RNA that carries information from the DNA to the ribosome.
What is mRNA?
100
A mutation where one base is removed.
What is a deletion?
100
Using DNA to figure out who committed a crime; it is unique to you.
What is DNA fingerprinting?
100
If a sequence of base pairs in DNA is copied incorrectly, this occurs.
What is a mutation?
200
The scientist who took images of DNA using X-ray diffraction.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
200
The strand of RNA that carries amino acids.
What is tRNA?
200
The general term for a mutation where one base is switched for another.
What is a substitution?
200
The 3 bases that code for an amino acid are called this.
What are codons?
200
Always pairs with guanine.
What is cytosine?
300
A portion of DNA that codes for a specific trait.
What is gene?
300
The complementary RNA strand that matches the following DNA strand: AGTGCCTAG
What is UCACGGAUC?
300
Type of mutation where one base is substituted but does not affect the amino acid sequence.
What is a silent mutation?
300
The two types of pyrimidines.
What are Thymine and Cytosine?
300
The sides of the DNA "ladder" are made of these.
What are phosphates and sugar?
400
The 3 things that make up a subunit of DNA.
What are a sugar, a phosphate, and a base?
400
The base that pairs with adenine in RNA.
What is uracil?
400
A point mutation that causes a substitute of one amino acid in a sequence.
What is a missense mutation?
400
The process where scientists alter the DNA of an organism or transfer genes from one organism to another.
What is genetic engineering?
400
When DNA replicates, it splits here.
What is down the middle?
500
The subunits that make up DNA.
What are Nucleotides?
500
Each set of 3 bases codes for a this.
What is a specific amino acid?
500
Mutations must occur here in order to be passed on to offspring.
What are gametes?
500
Something that causes damage to the DNA of a cell, such as the chemicals found in cigarette smoke.
What is a mutagen?
500
The molecule that determines how tall you grow, or if you hair will be straight or curly.
What is a protein?
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