Vocab
A principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine
What is Base Pairing
A repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome
What is Telomere
The process of copying DNA prior to cell division
What is Replication
What is the role of DNA in heredity?
DNA codes the traits you get and codes for RNA which forms proteins which is the basic structure of most of the body
What are the chemical compounds of DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a unique molecule indeed
When a process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes
What is Transformation
What does the double helix model tell us about DNA?
That it looks like a twisted ladder and its two strands twist around each other like a spiral staircase
How does DNA replication differ in prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells?
Prokaryotes have a single DNA molecule in the cytoplasm that contains genetic information and Eukaryotic cells have 1000 more times more DNA
The principle when enzyme involved in DNA
What is DNA Polymerase
What clues helped scientists solve the structure of DNA?
Chargaff noticed that A,T,G,C is all equal
What role does the DNA polymerase play in copying DNA?
It attaches the bases of the DNA