DNA Flashcards
DNA stands for what?
deoxyribonucleic acid
Phosphate
Yellow part on the coloring, small circle on the ladder
Nucleotide
the building blocks of DNA molecules
Nitrogen bases
Steps on the ladder
Deoxyribose sugar
Sugar containing 5 carbon atoms
Hydrogen bonds
Hold the steps of the ladder together, keep the nitrogen bases together
What shape if the DNA molecule in the shape of?
Double Helix
Who determined the structure of DNA?
Crick and Watson
What nitrogen bases must go together?
Cytosine and guanine, adenine and thynine
How many hydrogen bonds are between each pair or nitrogen bases?
Adenine+thynine: 2, cytosine+guanine: 3
4 nitrogen bases
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cytosine
Filial
Generations after parents
Sperm
Male reproductive
Egg
Female reproductive
Zygote
Cell formed by sperm and egg