Chapter13Mutations Flashcards
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What is DNA’s job?
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To transmit, Copy, Store genetic information
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Where is DNA found?
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In the nucleus
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What is DNA?
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A Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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DNA’s building-blocks are?
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Nucleotides
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Nucleotides are made up of?
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Phosphate group
Deoxyribose
Nitrogen bases
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Why are sex-linked traits more common in men?
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because males have only one X chromosome and females have two. This means that if a male has the disorder on his X chromosome he will have the disease, while a woman would need the disorder to be present on both X chromosomes.
