DNA Structure
Key Terms
Discovery of DNA Structure
Application of DNA
100
The strands of DNA form this.
What is the double helix?
100
The process by which existing DNA is used as a template for the synthesis of new DNA strands.
What is DNA replication?
100
Created a six foot tall model of DNA.
Who are Watson and Crick?
100
The manipulation of DNA to produce new types of organisms.
What is genetic engineering?
200
A sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base forms this.
What forms a nucleotide?
200
A forensic test used to determine whether a suspect's DNA is present at a crime scene.
What is DNA analysis?
200
The person who produced clear x-ray diffraction photographs that significantly contributed to the discovery of the DNA structure.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
200
A forensic test used to determine someone’s identity based off of their DNA.
What is DNA fingerprinting?
300
The sugars and phosphates make this up.
What is the backbone of DNA?
300
The genetic alteration of a bacterial cell resulting from the transfer of foreign DNA.
What is a transformation?
300
The first person to produce x-ray diffraction patterns of DNA.
Who is William Astbury?
300
The search for a gene in DNA that is connected to various inherited diseases and disorders.
What is gene hunting?
400
A bond that holds the bases together.
What is a hydrogen bond?
400
An algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information.
What is the BLAST?
400
He discovered the parts of a nucleotide.
Who is Phoebus Levene?
400
A test that identifies mutations in genes or chromosomes.
What is gene testing?
500
A bond that holds the sugar and phosphate together.
What is a covalent bond?
500
A process that results in one old strand of bases and one new strand of bases.
What is semi-conservative replication?
500
He discovered and identified the nucleotides.
Who Friedrich Miescher?
500
A technique used to change genes.
What is gene targeting?
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