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12 Cards in this Set
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What three components make up the nucleotide?
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1. deoxyribose (sugar)
2. a phosphate group 3. one of 4 nitrogenous bases (Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine) |
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Whats is the 5-carbon sugar in DNA?
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deoxyribose
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What is the 5-carbon sugar in RNA?
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ribose
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What are the nitrogenous bases in RNA?
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Uracil
Adenine Cytosine Guanine |
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What is the shape of a DNA?
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a double-helix
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Who designed this model?
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James Watson
and Francis Crick |
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What is the result of DNA replication?
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the DNA molecule separates into two strands and then produces two new complementary strands following the rules of bas-pairing
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What do genes have instructions for?
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to control the production of proteins within the cell
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What do codons "code" for?
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amino acides
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How many bases are in a codon?
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3 consecutive nucleotides
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What is a mutation?
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a changes in genetic material
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What is base-pairing?
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hydrogen bonding between adenine and thymine.
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