Vocabulary
A single, highly organized and structured piece of DNA
What is a chromosome?
How many variations of a gene is provided by each parent?
1
when a cell makes a copy of RNA from DNA
What is transcription?
A change or damage in the DNA that permanently alters the genetic message that the gene carries
What is a mutation?
A molecule that contains the genetic information for an organism
What is DNA?
A segment of DNA that codes for a trait
What is a gene?
when protein is made from RNA
What is translation?
A mutation that occurs when new DNA is included in the DNA copy
What is insertion?
basic building block of DNA. DNA is made up of sequences of adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine ©
What is a nucleotide?
How many variants of a gene can an offspring have?
2
Where in the cell does transcription take place?
a mutation that occurs when DNA is removed from the code.
What is deletion?
a sequence of three nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid
What is a codon?
The order of nucleotides along a DNA strand determine what?
The type of proteins that will be produced
Where in the cell does translation take place?
What is the ribosome?
A mutation that occurs when DNA is replaced with different DNA in the code
What is substitution?