DNA Replication

Question 1

DNA replication process:

Answer 1

1. Helicase (an enzyme) splits the double helix to unzip the strands of DNA and form the replication fork
2. RNA primer gets the strand ready for the nucleotides
3. DNA polymerase reads the template and adds nucleotides to the new DNA strand
4. DNA/ ligase (an enzyme) fills in any gap between the Okazaki fragments

Question 2

What is the definition of Mutations?

Answer 2

Changes in the DNA sequence that could be either good or bad

Question 3

What is Translation?

Answer 3

The cells uses imformation from the mRNA to produce proteins

Question 4

What is Transcription?

Answer 4

RNA polymerase binds to DNA and separates the DNA strands. RNA polymerase then uses one strand for DNA as a template from which nucleotides are assembled into a strand of RNA