DNA STRUCTURE
The shape of DNA is known as
Double Helix
What is it called when DNA makes a copy of itself
replication
physical or chemical agents that can damage DNA are known as M_______
mutagens
The use and application of living things and biological processes is known as
Biotechnology
What would be the complimentary base pair for the following sequence: A A T T C C G G
T T A A G G C C
The backbone of DNA is made up of a _________ and __________
a phosphate and sugar
When DNA replication is complete, What is the ending result?
2 identical DNA molecules
A mutation that occurs when a base is left out
deletion
The process of selecting and breeding organisms that have certain desired traits
Artificial selection
Thymine is not found in RNA, instead you would find?
Uracil
The rungs of the DNA ladder are made up of 4 different bases. What are they called?
Thymine, Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine
What does the base-pairing rule state?
Adenine pairs with thymine
Cytosine pairs with guanine
Insertion
An organism or cell that is genetically identical to the one from which it was derived.
Clone
Name 1 reason why DNA needs to replicate so cells can duplicate
to heal, grow, or to replace old cells
A base, phosphate, and sugar make up
Nucleotide
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases is known as what?
mutation
A mutation that occurs when a bases is replaced by a different base
Substitution
Process in which a piece of DNA is modified for use in research or medicine.
Genetic engineering
The building blocks of DNA are known as
Nucleotides
How do you correctly spell the long version of DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
What are the 3 types of mutations we learned about?
substitution, insertion, and deletion
What is the first step for a cell to make a protein?
Transcription
When scientists introduce a gene to the DNA of fish that causes them to glow, they would have been practicing which form of biotechnology?
Genetic engineering
How many chromosomes did spike the snake have?
36