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A mutation in this type of cell can be transferred to future generations?
What are reproductive cells.
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What are changes in the nucleotide sequence of a gene?
What is mutation?
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Making an exact copy of DNA is called what?
What is replication?
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What is the process of making RNA from DNA?
What is transcription?
100
What are some diseases that mutations can cause?
What are Down Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Some types of cancer, and PKU?
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A mutation in this type of cell can NOT be transferred to future generations?
What are DBODY Cells.
200
What are made up of thousands of DNA molecules?
What are chromosomes?
200
What is the segment of DNA called?
What is a gene?
200
The process of making RNA from DNA is called what?
What is translation?
200
What do the initials DNA represent?
What is Deoxyribonucleic acid?
300
When one of the nitrogen bases is replaced by a different nitrogen base, this is called what?
What is substitution.
300
What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
What are sugar, nitrogen base, and phosphate.
300
What are the two things that compose chromosomes?
What are DNA and protein?
300
How many chromosomes do humans have?
What is 46?
300
What do the initials RNA stand for?
What is ribonucleic acid?
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When one or more the nitrogen bases is added to the dna sequence, this is called what?
What is insertion.
400
What base always pairs with adenine in DNA?
What is THYMINE?
400
Where are the proteins made?
What are the ribosomes?
400
What are four things that can cause mutations?
What are x-rays, ultraviolet light, some chemicals, radioactive materials?
400
What is the shape of DNA?
What is a double helix?
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When one or more of the nitrogen bases is left out of the DNA sequence, this is called what?

What is deletion?

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What base always pairs with guanine n DNA?
What is cytosine?
500
What contains the complete set of instructions for making all of the protein that the body needs?
What is DNA?
500
What can mutations cause?
What is nothing and genetic diseases?
500
What does RNA look like?
What is a single strand?