DNA Flashcards

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An example of a disease caused by substitution

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Sickle cell Amenia

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Changes in the number, type, or order of bases in DNA

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Mutations

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2
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Most common type of mutation

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Substitution

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3
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The subunits of DNA

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Nucleotide

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4
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What are nucleotides made of

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Sugar, base, and phosphate

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5
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Which letters go together

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A and T Plus G and C

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6
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What does adenine pair with when RNAs present

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Uracil

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7
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Physical or chemical agents in mutations

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Mutagen

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What does DNA stand for

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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If a mutation is going to be passed on to the next generation where does that have to occur

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The sex cells

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10
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Who found out that bases are paired in the 1950s

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Chagraff

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Which to scientist made a model out of DNA

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Watson and crick

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Who was the first scientist to see DNA

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Franklin

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13
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Bases are blank to each other

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Complementary

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14
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When are copies made

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Every time a cell divides

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15
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What helps DNA replicate

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Proteins

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Where does DNA split to prepare for a replication

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Down the middle

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What do three bases form

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Amino acids

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What is a chain of amino acids

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Proteins

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What process did Franklin see DNA with

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X-ray diffraction

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What is the factory in a cell that makes proteins

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Ribosome

21
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What is the amino acid that looks for other amino acids floating around the cell

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TRNA

22
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DNA must first blank before can replicate

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