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Chapter 9 Flashcards

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A stands for

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Adenine

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T stands for

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Thymine

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G stands for

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Guanine

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C stands for

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Cytosine

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What is a nucleotide?

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a single building block of DNA

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what is in a nucleotide?

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one deoxyribose sugar, one phosphate group, one nitrogeneous base

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What are the purines

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A and G

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what are the pyrimidines?

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C and T

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What describes the opposing directions of the two nucleotide chains of DNA in a double helix?

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Antiparrallelism

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A and T, C and G are

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Complementary base pairs

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DNA replication is referred to as

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Semiconservative

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This unwinds the double helix

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Helicase

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This comes in after the Helicase and stabilizes the two strands - keeps DNA open

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Binding proteins

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this adds a RNA primer to the template strand - tells DNA polymerase where to start building

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Primase

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This is what builds the nucleotides

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DNA Polymerase

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This joins the Okazaki fragments and seals other nicks in the sugar-phosphate backbone

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Ligase

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Origin

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where the helicase binds to the DNA

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a trait that can be described as single-gene

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polygenic

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genes that are influenced by the enviroment

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multifactorial

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height, skin color, body weight

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multifactorial traits

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this trait reflects genetic and environmental influences and arise from connection among the brain’s neurons

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behavioral traits

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intelligence, addiction, mood disorders

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examples of behavioral traits

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deoxyribose

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DNA

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ribose

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RNA

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double stranded

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DNA

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single stranded

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RNA

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no enzyme function

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DNA

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some enzyme function

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RNA

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stores information

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DNA

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carries information

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RNA

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stable

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DNA

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unstable/transient

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RNA

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