CH 1 Extras for studying if there's time Flashcards
1
Q
Human cells contain 24 distinct kinds of chromosomes carrying…
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3 times ten to the ninth base pairs and roughly 27,000 genes.
2
Q
The amount of into that could be written down using the human genome would take up how many pages of text?
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6 million pages of text at 250 words per page, where each letter is one base pair.
3
Q
What are the twenty kinds of amino acids?
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Alanine, Arginine, Asparagine, Aspartic Acid, Cysteine, Glutamic Acid, Glutamine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine, and BCAA.
