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DNA Flashcards

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Cell

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basic unit of structure and function in every living thing

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chromosome

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a double rod of condensed chromatin: a coiled structure made of DNA and proteins

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid: the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring

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Gene

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a segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

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Erwin Cargaff

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Did research and discovered DNA had equal amounts of A and T and equal amounts if C and G, in every living organism

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Rosalind Franklin

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Took the first photo of DNA
This photo is called photo 51
Lead to the discovery of the shape of DNA

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James Watson and Francis Crick

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Watson and Francis Crick
Credited with discovering the shape of DNA
DNA is a double helix (twisted ladder)

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Base Pair rules

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A always pairs with T
C pairs with G

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Bases

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Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine ( C)
Guanine (G)

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10
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Replication

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the process by which the genome’s DNA is copied in cells

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Enzymes

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complete DNA replication

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12
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helicase

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unzips DNA

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13
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primase

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starts DNA building

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14
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DNA polymerase

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builds new DNA

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15
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Ligase

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glue okazaki fragments

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16
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process

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the order of the enzymes

17
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leading

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one side of the strand builds faster

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lagging

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only build a portion of DNA at a time

19
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okazaki fragments

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a portion of dna

20
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semiconservative

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a double helix is composed with an old strand and a new strand

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protein synthesis

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DNA become protein

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transcription

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the process of making an mRNA copy of a gene’s DNA sequence

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translation

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the process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis.

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mutations

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Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell

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Deletion

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type of mutation that involves the loss of one or more nucleotides from a segment of DNA.

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insertion

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is a type of mutation that involves the addition of one or more nucleotides into a segment of DNA.

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substitution

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A substitution is a mutation that exchanges one base for another

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misense

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occurs when there is a mistake in the DNA code and one of the DNA base pairs is changed

29
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nonsense

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a change in DNA that causes a protein to stop early

30
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Silent

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base substitutions that result in no change of the amino acid

31
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Frameshift

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a genetic mutation caused by a deletion or insertion in a DNA sequence that shifts the way the sequence is read.

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