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Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards

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virus that infects bacteria

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Bacteriophage

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monomer of nuclei can acids, made up of 5-carbon sugar, phosphate group and nitrogenous base

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Nucleotide

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principle that states that DNA bonds can only form between adenine and thymine, and cytosine and guanine

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Base pairing

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visible in nucleus, DNA coiled around proteins

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Chromatin

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globular protein that has DNA coiled around it

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Histone

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cell duplicates its DNA

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Replication

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enzyme which proofreads new strands of DNA, helping make sure the copy is nearly identical to the original

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DNA polymerase

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DNA that codes for a protein and determines a trait

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Gene

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molecule of RNA that carries copies of instructions to make amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell

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mRNA

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type of RNA that makes up most of the ribosome

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Ribosomal RNA

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type of RNA that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis

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tRNA

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part of nucleotide order of DNA is copied into complementary order in RNA

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Transcription

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enzyme like DNA polymerase that connects to DNA and separates the strands during transcription

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RNA polymerase

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part of DNA that tells the enzyme where to bind to make RNA

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Promoter

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does not code for a trait, intervening sequence of DNA

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Intron

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codes for a protein, sequence of DNA that is expressed

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Exon

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3-nucleotide sequence on RNA that codes for one amino acid

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Codon

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decoding of mRNA message to polypeptide chain

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Translation

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three bases grouped together on a tRNA that complement mRNA codon

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Anticodon

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change in the sequence of DNA that affects genetic information

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Mutation

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mutation that affects one nucleotide, by substituting one for another

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Point mutation

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mutation that shifts the reading frame, inserts or deletes a nucleotide

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Frameshift mutation

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organism has an extra set of chromosomes

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Polyploidy

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group of genes working together

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Operon

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in an operon, the region of chromosome where the depressor binds and the operon is “turned off”

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Operator

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process when cells become specialized in structure and function

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Differentiation

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genes that control the organs and tissues that grow in an embryo

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Hox genes

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one strain of bacteria is changed by genes form another bacteria

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Transformation

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