Central Dogma
The Central Dogma summarizes the ____ in cells.
flow of information
Each word in the genetic code contains how many bases?
3
True or False? A mutation is able to create new alleles
True
DNA is transcribed into what?
messenger RNA
Where does protein synthesis take place?
cytoplasm
A three base code is known as what?
triplet code or codon
Point mutation occurs from what?
a single base change
Transcription is the process of what?
DNA is copied to RNA
What is Genotype determined by?
The sequence of bases in it's DNA
How many start and stop codons are there?
1 start and 3 stop
Most mutations are what?
neutral or slightly deleterious
What is mRNA translated into?
protein
What is phenotype the product of?
The proteins it produces
What is the reading frame?
The sequence of codons of a gene
missense, silent, nonsense, frameshift
What is able to transcribe DNA into mRNA
RNA polymerase
True or False? alleles of the same gene differ in their DNA sequence
True
It is redundant, unambiguous, universal, conservative
What is Translocation?
Translocation - when a broken section of one chromosome becomes attached to another.
Translation is the process where the order of nucleotide bases are converted to what?
The order of amino acids