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1
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Bacteria can transfer…

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genetic information

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What did Griffith determine?

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that an unknown substance transmits as disease-causing trait between 2 types of bacteria

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With the help of protein- and DNA-destroying enzymes, scientists subsequently showed…

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that Griffith’s “transforming principle” was DNA

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What did Hershey and Chase confirm?

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the genetic role of DNA

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By using viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages), Hershey and Chase confirmed that…

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the genetic material is DNA and not protein

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What is DNA’s shape and what does it contain?

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double helix of nucleotides

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What did Wilkins and Franklin provide

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X-ray diffraction data

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Watson and Crick combined these clues to…

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propose the double helix of DNA

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What did Chargaff discover?

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that Adenine and Thymine, and Guanine and Cytosine occur equal in proportions in DNA

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10
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DNA is a ladder with what complementary bases?

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Adenine with Thymine & Guanine and Cytosine

Amazing Timing & Good Cheese

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What is crucial to a cell’s protein?

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DNA

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12
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What are the two processes of protein synthesis?

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Transcription & Translation

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13
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An organism’s genome includes what?

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All of its genetic material

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Most of the genome is divided among multiple chromosomes, which are…

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discrete packages of DNA and associated proteins

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What is a gene?

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A stretch of DNA that is transcribed to RNA

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What happens when a protein is produced?

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a cell transcribes the gene’s information to mRNA which is translated into a sequence of amino acids

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17
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The two chains of DNA double helix are antiparallel with…

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the end of one strand is 3’ and the end of the other is 5’

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What does transcription use to create RNA?

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DNA Template

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19
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Transcription uses what enzyme?

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RNA polymerase enzyme

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20
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What does RNA polymerase enzyme bind to?

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Promoter on DNA

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21
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What is the second step of transcription?

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RNA polymerase builds on RNA molecule

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How does Transcription end?

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When RNA polymerase reaches a terminator sequence in DNA.

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What happens after transcription?

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The cells add a cap and poly A tail.

24
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Introns are __ out of RNA.

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cut

25
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Exons are…

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spliced together

26
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What does translation require?

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mRNA, tRNA, and ribosomes

27
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What does mRNA carry?

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a protein-encoding gene’s information

28
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What does rRNA help with?

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proteins to form ribosomes, WHICH SUPPORT AND HELP CATALYZE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

29
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What do cells regulate?

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gene expression.

30
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What are operons?

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Groups of bacterial genes that share 1 promoter.

31
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What does protein synthesis require?

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A lot of energy input

32
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Example of operon?

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E. coli lac

33
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What links mRNA to protein?

A

the genetic code

34
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What is the correspondence between codons and amino acids?

A

the genetic code

35
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What does mRNA join in the first step of translation?

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a small ribosomal unit and a tRNA carrying an amino acid

36
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When does a large ribosomal unit the join a smaller ribosomal unit?

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Translation (after first step)

37
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What happens during elogation?

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Additional tRNA molecules carrying amino acids bring 2 subsequent mRNA.

38
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What happens in termination?

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the ribosome reaches a stop codon and is released, and the new polypeptide breaks free

39
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What does a chaperone protein do?

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help fold the polypeptide which may be shortened or combined with others to form the finished protein.

40
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What has a codon sequence?

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mRNA

41
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What has an anticodon sequence?

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tRNA

42
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What occurs when the ribosome reaches a STOP codon?

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Substitution, nonsense

43
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When is the ribosome released?

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Termination

44
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A mutation that codes for a different amino acid is…

A

substitution, missense

45
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A ___, mutation is an example of a ___ mutation.

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substitution, point

46
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A ___ mutation is an example of a frameshift mutation.

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deletion

47
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Germline mutations will harm an offspring. True or false?

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True

48
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Somatic mutations will harm an offspring. True or false?

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False

49
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A mutation that will code for the exact same amino acid is…

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Silent

50
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Who discovered bacteria could transfer genetic material?

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Griffith

51
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Who is the scientist who formulated the transformation principle in genetics?

A

GRIFFITH

52
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What are Adenine and Guanine?

A

Purines

53
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What are Thymine and Cytosine?

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Pyrimidines

54
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How many hydrogen bonds are between Adenine and Thymine?

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2

55
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How many hydrogen bonds are between Guanine and Cytosine?

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3

56
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What never change in DNA?

A

Phosphate group and deoxyribosugar

57
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Multiple amino acids in a chain are called?

A

polypeptide chain

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