DNA Structure
The twisted structure of DNA is called a double
What is helix?
The nitrogen base that pairs with guanine
What is cytosine?
This enzyme unzips DNA
What is DNA Polymerase?
The four nitrogenous bases
What are A,T, C, and G?
This element forms a bond between nitrogenous bases
What is hydrogen?
This enzyme glues strips of the lagging strand together
What is Ligase?
The complete set of genes in an organism
What is genome?
Two nitrogen bases that always pair with each other is known as a
What is a base pair?
The two structures that create the "backbone" of DNA
What are phosphate groups and deoxyribose sugar?
This strand of DNA is built continuously, as opposed to smaller strips
What is the leading strand?
A sequence of DNA that codes for a specific phenotype
What is a gene?
This enzyme tells the body where to start building new strands of DNA
What is Primase?
The monomers found in DNA are known as
What are nucleotides?
What direction does DNA Polymerase build DNA
What is 5' to 3'?
This strand of DNA runs from 3' to 5'
What is the lagging stand?
A type of dominance where both traits show up in an organism's phenotype
What is incomplete dominance?
A three or four letter strip of DNA that codes for a specific amino acid
What is a codon?
Short sequences of DNA which are later linked together
What are Okazaki fragments?
When replicating DNA, an adenosine is transcribed instead of a cytosine. This is known as a
What is a substitution mutation?
The amount of base pairs in the human genome
What is ~3 billion?