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The Genetic Material
Replication of DNA
DNA, RNA, and Protein
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Mutations
100
Carry information from one generation to the next
What is the purpose of genes
100
Parent strands separate and serve as templates for new strands of DNA
What is semi-conservative replication
100
DNA codes for RNA, which guides the synthesis of proteins
What is the Central Dogma of Biology
100
RNA molecules are produced by copying part of a nucleotide sequence of DNA into a complementary strand
What is transcription
100
Changes in genetic material
What is mutations
200
A phosphate group, a 5-carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base
What is the composition of DNA
200
Breaks the bonds between the nitrogenous bases
What is DNA helicase
200
The base that is in place of thymine in RNA
What is uracil
200
Enzyme required in transcription
What is RNA polymerase
200
Mutation involving a change in one or a few nucleotides
What is point-mutations
300
Adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine
What is the four bases of DNA
300
Enzyme that attaches new bases
What is DNA polymerase
300
Carries copies of instructions for assembling amino acids into proteins
What is mRNA
300
The only regions that RNA polymerase bind to
What is promoters
300
The addition or deletion of a nucleotide causes a shift in the grouping of codons
What is frameshift mutation
400
The men who published a paper suggesting that DNA is a double helix
Who is James Watson and Francis Crick
400
The enzyme that links the Okazaki fragments together
What is DNA ligase
400
Transfers each amino acid to the ribosomes
What is tRNA
400
The three base coding sequence
What is codon
400
The condition in which an organism has an extra set of chromosomes
What is polyploidy
500
The mass loops seen in a eukaryotic cell's nucleus
What is chromatin
500
The direction in which DNA is copied
What is antiparallel
500
coded DNA instructions that control the production of protein
What is genes
500
The decoding of an mRNA message into a polypeptide chain (protein)
What is translation
500
Substances that cause mutations to occur
What is mutagens