DNA Flashcards
An example of a disease caused by substitution
Sickle cell Amenia
Changes in the number, type, or order of bases in DNA
Mutations
Most common type of mutation
Substitution
The subunits of DNA
Nucleotide
What are nucleotides made of
Sugar, base, and phosphate
Which letters go together
A and T Plus G and C
What does adenine pair with when RNAs present
Uracil
Physical or chemical agents in mutations
Mutagen
What does DNA stand for
Deoxyribonucleic acid
If a mutation is going to be passed on to the next generation where does that have to occur
The sex cells
Who found out that bases are paired in the 1950s
Chagraff
Which to scientist made a model out of DNA
Watson and crick
Who was the first scientist to see DNA
Franklin
Bases are blank to each other
Complementary
When are copies made
Every time a cell divides