The sugar that is part of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
These can control mistakes in base pairing during transcription.
What are enzymes?
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
The 4 nitrogen bases of DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine?
A reason a mutation can be beneficial.
What is for genetic diversity and evolution?
The bonds that link amino acids together.
What are peptide bonds?
The name for specific nitrogen bases bonding together.
What is base pairing?
A mutation that results in a change a single nitrogen base.
What is point mutation?
The three parts of the DNA nucleotide (building block)
What are deoxyribose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base?
Groups of three bases on a mRNA molecule
What is a codon?
The type of mutation that happens when a base is either deleted or inserted, causing a change in the reading of codons and amino acids.
What is a frameshift?
A disease that results in the build up of fat in a babies brain, due to a point mutation.
What is Tay-Sachs disease?
This is the anticodon for CAG
What is GUC?
The original strand of DNA is ACT TTG CGA The mutated strand of DNA is ACT TTC GA This is a _______________ mutation that causes a _________ of amino acids.
What is a deletion? What is a frameshift?