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Molecular Genetics
Meiosis
DNA Replication
100
What are the 3 types of RNA?
What are mRNA, tRNA, rRNA?
100
What makes up a protein?
What is a string of amino acids (a polypeptide)?
100
What does DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
100
In what phase are sister chromatids drawn to opposite ends of the cell?
What is Anaphase II
100
The enzyme that adds nitrogenous bases to DNA strand
What is DNA Polymerase
200
What is the complementary mRNA strand to the DNA strand: ATGCTAA
What is UACGAUU
200
What is a set of 3 bases called and what is its purpose?
What is a codon, it codes for an amino acid
200
What are the 3 components of a nucleotide?
What is a deoxyribose sugar (5 carbons), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base (A, T, C, G)
200
What type of cells does meiosis produce?
What are gametes (eggs/sperm)
200
Enzyme that connects the nucleotides into a complete DNA strand
What is DNA ligase?
300
What are the 3 differences between RNA and DNA?
What are: -adenine pairs with URACIL, not thymine -the molecule is single-stranded -the sugar is ribose
300
What is the name of the 3 bases associated with the tRNA molecule?
What is an anticodon
300
What type of bond connects the bases in between the double helix?
What is hydrogen bonding?
300
In what phase are pairs of homologous chromosomes lined up in the middle of the cell?
What is Metaphase I?
300
The bases that make up the purines
What are adenine and guanine
400
Where is mRNA assembled, and then where does it go?
What is in the nucleus, then leaves to the cytoplasm.
400
What happens when a stop codon is reached?
What is: -the polypeptide releases to form a protein -the mRNA gets disassembled -the ribosome gets reused in the cytoplasm
400
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Who are Watson and Crick?
400
What phase does crossing over occur in?
What is Prophase I
400
The bases that make up the pyrimidines
What are cytosine and thymine
500
What enzyme adds bases to the mRNA strand?
What is RNA Polymerase?
500
What RNA molecules are involved in translation?
What are mRNA and tRNA
500
What are the complementary bases to ATGTAC?
What is TACATG?
500
How many daughter cells are there at the end of Meiosis I versus Meiosis II / are they diploid or haploid?
What is 2 (haploid), then 4 (haploid)
500
What does Chargaff's rule say? (Hint: regarding bases)
What is that adenine and thymine pair, and that cytosine and guanine pair