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DNA Structure
DNA vs RNA
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Mutations
100
DNA looks like a twisted ladder. The name of that shape is _____.
What is the double helix?
100
RNA contains the sugar _____.
What is ribose?
100
In what part of the cell does transcription take place?
What is the nucleus?
100
In what part of the cell does translation take place?
What is the ribosome?
100
A change to the DNA is called a _____.
What is a mutation?
200
The monomer of DNA is a nucleotide. A nucleotide is made up of a _____, _____, and _____.
What is a deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, and a base?
200
Only DNA contains the base _____.
What is thymine?
200
What is made during transcription?
What is messenger RNA?
200
What is made at the end of the process of translation?
What is a protein?
200
A mutation in which all or part of a chromosome is lost is called _____.
What is a deletion mutation?
300
DNA is copied during a process called _____.
What is DNA replication?
300
Only RNA contains the base _____.
What is uracil?
300
What bonds with adenine during transcription?
What is uracil?
300
After the mRNA attaches to the ribosome, which molecule starts bringing over the amino acids?
What is transfer RNA?
300
A mutation that affects every amino acid following an insertion or deletion is called _____.
What is a frameshift mutation?
400
In DNA, complementary base pairing means that _____ always bonds with _____, and _____ always bonds with _____.
What is adenine bonds with thymine and cytosine bonds with guanine?
400
This nucleic acid can only be found in the nucleus.
What is DNA?
400
Transcribe this genetic code: GATTAC
What is CUAAUG?
400
How many bases are needed to specify for three amino acids?
What is 9 bases? (3 bases per codon)
400
A mutation in which a segment of a chromosome is repeated is called _____.
What is a duplication mutation?
500
During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases AGCTTG produces a strand with the bases _____.
What is TCGAAC?
500
The three types of RNA are _____, _____, and _____.
What is messenger RNA, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA?
500
____ are located on the mRNA strand and code for a specific amino acid.
What is a codon?
500
Translation will continue until a _____ is reached.
What is a stop codon?
500
The type of point mutation that usually affects only a single amino acid is called _____.
What is a substitution mutation?