Genetics 2

Question 1

What is a genome

Answer 1

organisms complete set of generic material (DNA)

Question 2

What is the genetic code

Answer 2

the sequence of nucleotides that determines the sequence of amino acids that are in proteins which then determines the structure and then function of protein.

protein function determines all cell structure and function (cell differentiation)

Question 3

What is the central dogma

Answer 3

the flow of genetic information
DNA-RNA-Protein

Question 4

What is RNA in protein production

Answer 4

• single stranded
• helps in protein production (transcription and translation) and requires 3 forms of RNA
• Messenger (mRNA)
• transfer (tRNA)
• ribosomal (rRNA)

Question 5

What is transcription

Answer 5

(DNA to RNA)

involves the ‘reading’ of the DNA sequence