History & Background
Replication & Transcription
Translation
Genetic Code
Mutations
100
The shape of DNA.
What is a double helix?
100
The direct result of transcription is to create this molecule.
What is mRNA?
100
The goal of translation is to create this.
What are proteins/polypeptides?
100
A-T and G-C are said to be this relative to one another.
What is complementary or base pairs?
100
These cause mutations.
What are mutagens?
200
These experiments proved that DNA is genetic material.
What are the Hershey and Chase experiments?
200
This enzyme splits apart DNA in replication.
What is helicase?
200
Translation occurs in this part of the cell.
What is the cytoplasm (RER and cytosol)?
200
What is the complementary DNA strand to AGGCTA?
TCCGAT
200
This type of mutation involves crossing over of two non-homologous chromosomes.
What is translocation?
300
These types of bonds hold nitrogenous bases together.
What are hydrogen bonds?
300
For transcription to occur this enzyme is needed.
What is RNA polymerase?
300
This molecule has an anticodon region.
What is tRNA?
300
What is the complementary mRNA strand to TAATGC?
AUUACG
300
An example of a frameshift mutation is this.
What is an insertion or deletion?
400
These are the three structures in a DNA nucleotide.
Sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate, and nitrogenous base.
400
These are removed from pre-mRNA to make a final copy of mRNA.
What are introns?
400
This is the name of the bond shared between amino acids.
What is a peptide bond?
400
What would the anticodon sequence look like if we start from DNA strand GCCTAG?
GCCUAG
400
These types of mutations can be considered silent/can go undetected.
What is substitution mutation?
500
Name one way a non-deadly bacterium can become deadly.
What is a random mutation (evolution) or "transformation"?
500
Daily Double! Considering the differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes, which of these types of cells perform transcription and translation faster? Everyone is allowed to answer work with your team. If you choose correctly you will get 500 if you can correctly explain your answer you get the double!
Prokaryotes. There is no nucleus separating DNA and RNA from ribosomes...no need for mRNA to travel out of the nucleus to find a ribosome which takes time
500
Daily Double! What is the DNA sequence for the start codon? Work as teams to submit one answer.
mRNA: AUG
DNA: TAC
500
How many codons code for an amino acid?
61 code for an amino acid; 3 code for stop
500
What kind of chromosomal mutation is pictured below?
What is duplication?