Parts Of DNA
This part of DNA carries the genetic instructions using A, T, C, and G
What are nitrogen bases?
Adenine pairs with this base in DNA.
What is thymine?
The shape of DNA is called this.
What is a double helix?
This process copies DNA.
What is DNA replication?
A section of DNA that codes for a trait.
What is a gene?
This sugar is found in DNA
What is deoxyribose?
Cytosine always pairs with this base.
What is guanine?
DNA looks like this twisted object.
What is a twisted ladder?
This enzyme “unzips” DNA.
What is helicase?
Humans normally have this many chromosomes.
What is 46?
This part forms the backbone of DNA with sugar.
What is phosphate?
These are the four nitrogen bases in DNA.
What are adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine?
The “rungs” of the DNA ladder are made of these.
What are base pairs?
This enzyme adds new matching nucleotides.
What is DNA polymerase?
This determines whether a trait is shown or hidden.
What are dominant and recessive alleles?
A DNA building block made of sugar, phosphate, and a base.
What is a nucleotide?
This base is found in RNA instead of thymine.
What is uracil?
The scientist Rosalind Franklin helped discover DNA’s shape using this technology.
What is X-ray diffraction?
DNA replication happens before this cell process.
What is cell division?
Genes are found on these structures in the nucleus.
What are chromosomes?
The two outside strands of DNA are called this.
What is the sugar-phosphate backbone?
A and G are in this base group.
What are purines?
The two strands of DNA run in these opposite directions.
What is antiparallel?
This rule explains why A pairs with T and C pairs with G.
What is complementary base pairing?
This scientist discovered pea plant inheritance.
What is Gregor Mendel