DNA
Complex molecules that carry genetic information
What is a nucleic acid?
A random error in gene replication that leads to a change
What is mutation?
A living thing that had genetic material that has been changed due to genetic engineering
What is a GMO?
Simple molecules that join together to create nucleic acids
What is a nucleotide?
The process in which part of the nucleotide sequence of DNA is copied into mRNA
What is transcription?
A gene or organism that is identical to another
What is a clone?
A spiral structure with 2 strands, connected by nitrogenous bases
What is a double helix?
The process of copying DNA prior to cell division
What is replication?
The relationship between a particular sequence of nitrogenous bases from the messenger RNA and the amino acids that form a particular protein
What is genetic code?
An agent that interacts with DNA and causes a mutation
What is a mutagen?
Process by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced
What is translation?
A field that combines biological knowledge and the study of human values
What is bioethics?
A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid
What is a codon?
The process in which organisms turn information in the nucleic acids into proteins
What is gene expression?
How is a polymerase chain reaction used to test for covid-19?
It multiplies the DNA to test if it contains the virus