These scientists are credited with coining DNA as the double helix.
Who are Watson and Crick
100
In DNA, Adenine binds with Thymine therefore Guanine must bind with
What is Cytosine.
100
This is the first step in the process of DNA replication.
What is DNA must unwind or uncoil.
100
Transcription occurs in the _____________ and produces this type of RNA.
What is nucleus;mRNA.
100
What are the two different types of frameshift mutations?
What are insertion and deletion.
200
Griffith used mice in his experiments and discovered one strain of bacteria enters into another through a process known as
What is tranformation
200
Nitrogenous bases of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds. How many bonds exist between A-T? How many bonds exist between G-C?
What is A-T (2 H bonds) and G-C (3 H bonds).
200
This is the enzyme that helps unwind DNA.
What is helicase.
200
If the DNA strand is AGT TGG CAG AAT, what is the complementary RNA strand?
What is UCA, ACC, GUC, UUA
200
This type of point mutation affects only one amino acid.
What is a substitution.
300
This scientist discovered that the amount of adenine and thymine bases have an equal percentage in DNA. Due to this the amount of cytosine and guanine also have an equal percentage.
Who is Chargaff.
300
These are the pyrimidines of DNA.
What are cytosine and thymine.
300
During replication, new DNA molecules are considered to be semi-conservative. Describe what semi-conservative means.
What is the new molecules contain half of the old DNA molecule and half of a new DNA molecule.
300
These are ______ bases long and code for amino acids.
What are 3 bases; codons.
300
These are the four types of chromosome mutations
What are insertion/duplication, deletion, inversion, and translocation.
400
Rosalind Franklin used this type of technology to look at the DNA molecule
What is X-Ray Crystallography.
400
A nucleotide consists of:
What is a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogenous base.
400
Create the complementary strand to the following DNA molecule: AGC CGC TTA GTC
What is TCG GTG AAT CAG.
400
Translations occurs at the ______________ in the ____________
What is the ribosome; cytoplasm.
400
When part of a chromosome is rearranged with another part of that same chromosome, this type of mutation is occurring.
What is inversion.
500
This scientist repeated Griffith's experiment and determined that DNA was the carrier of genetic information ruling out lipids, carbs, RNA, and proteins.
Who is Avery.
500
DNA has a leading strand and a lagging strand. In which direction does each strand run?
What is leading runs from 5' to 3' and lagging runs from 3' to 5'
500
This is the enzyme during DNA replication that proofreads the newly synthesized strand.
What is DNA polymerase.
500
tRNA carries a complementary ________________ to the codon.
What is an anticodon.
500
Our original chromosome sequence is 12345
The mutated chromosome sequence is 1234545. What type of mutation is occurring?