DNA
What is the sugar used in DNA?
Deoxyribose
What is the full name of RNA?
Ribonucleic Acid.
Turning DNA into mRNA is _______
Transcription
What is a somatic cell? And what is an example of one?
Body Cells
Ex: Blood Cells
What is the DNA structure made of?
Sugar (Deoxyribose) and Phosphate
True or False:
RNA is double stranded
Turning mRNA into proteins is _________.
What are the examples of gametes?
Ex: Egg and Sperm
What are the Nitrogen bases for a DNA structure?
(Not just the letters)
Adenine
Thymine
Cytosine
Guanine
DNA bases bond with ________ during transcription
RNA bases
What is protein synthesis?
The process of reading the instructions in the DNA to make a polypeptide.
What is fertilization?
The actual fusion of egg and sperm to form a zygote.
The process of making an identical cope of DNA is called ___ _______.
DNA Replication
What are the Nitrogen Bases for a RNA structure?
Adenine
Uracil
Cytosine
Guanine
DNA = TACGCTAGT
mRNA = ______________
mRNA = AUGCGAUCA
Meiosis I is the separation of ___________ _________.
homologous chromosomes
Enzymes help find _________ ______ and bind them according to the base-pairing rules.
complementary bases
What is the ball on top of a tRNA?
Amino Acid
mRNA = AUGCGAUCA
Codons = AUG, CGA, UCA
Amino Acids = _______________
(Use your guide)
Amino Acids = Met - Arg - Ser
What happens in Anaphase II?
Sister chromatids separate and are pulled away from each other to the side of the cells.