DNA
The monomer of DNA
What is a nucleotide
Enzyme used to glue the sugar phosphate backbone together
What is ligase
Adenine pairs with
What is thymine
Sister chromatids are pulled apart
What is anaphase
Scientists given credit (and a Nobel Prize) for the discovery of the structure of DNA
Who are Watson and Crick
DNA stands for
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
Enzyme used to bring nucleotides to the replicating strands
What is DNA polymerase
If a sample has 23% thymine, what is the amount of cytosine?
What is 27%
Chromatids become chromosomes
What is prophase
The longest phase of the cell cycle
What is interphase
Three parts of a nucleic acid monomer
What is a sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
Enzyme used to separate the H-bonds
What is helicase
Cytosine always pairs with
What is guanine
Sister chromatids line up in the middle
What is metaphase
Two identical daughter cells are formed
What is cytokinesis
Sugar found in DNA
What is deoxyribose
Enzyme used to lay down the primer and tells where replication begins
What is primase
If a DNA sample contains 12% cytosine, the amount of adenine is
What is 38%
Nuclear envelope begins to reform
What is telophase
After replication, a new strand of DNA will contain
What is one parent/daughter or original/complement
Function of DNA
What is to store information (genetic code)
Model used to describe replication
What is the semi-conservative model
If a DNA sample contains 63% guanine, the amount of cytosine would be
What is not possible - that would take you over 100%
The two purposes of mitosis
What is growth and repair
The structure of DNA is said to be
What is a double helix