DNA-the code of life

Question 1

The 4 names of the people who help identify the structure of DNA

Answer 1

1. Rosaline Franklin
2. Maurice Wilkins
3. Francis Crick
4. James Watsons

Question 2

Structure & location of DNA

Answer 2

Nucleotide
-Nitrogenous bases(Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine)
-Sugar molecule-deoxyribose
-Phosphate molecule
Shapes as a double helix

located in the nucleus of a cell

Question 3

Structure & location of RNA (mRNA, tRNA)

Answer 3

Nucleotide
-Nitrogenous base( Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Uracil)
-Sugar molecule(S)-ribose
-Phosphate molecule(P)

mRNA made in the nucleus of a cell & tRNA is found in the cytoplasm of a cell

Question 4

Mitochondria DNA

Answer 4

It is unaltered from parent to offspring and determines relativeness

Question 5

Transcription VS Translation respectively

Answer 5

DNA transcribes its genetic code to mRNA
&
Making of protein from decoding mRNA’s codons

Question 6

point &
frameshift mutations respectively

Answer 6

changes that affect only one nucleotide