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The study of heredity

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Genetics

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Passing on characteristics (traits) from parents to offspring so offspring resemble parents and each other

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Heredity

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Microbial Traits include… (4)

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  1. Shape/Structure (morphology)
  2. Biochemical Reactions
  3. Movement and Behavior
  4. Interactions with other organisms
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Actual, expressed properties or characteristics

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Phenotype

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Organisms genetic makeup (total collection of genes)

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Genotype

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Total genetic material in a cell, total DNA or RNA

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Genome

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Any factor affecting the expression of the phenotype other than the genes

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Environment

Genotype + environment –> Phenotype

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Genes in cells are always composed of…

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Double stranded DNA

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Genes hold the coded information that determines (4)

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  1. The sequence of mRNA which determines the primary structure of a polypeptide
  2. The sequence of rRNA
  3. The sequence of tRNA
  4. The sequence of regulatory RNA
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The flow of biological information… (6)

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  1. Genes (genotype)
  2. mRNA and other RNA
  3. Polypeptide primary sequence
  4. Proteins (enzymes)
  5. Regulates cell chemistry
  6. Determines morphology and phenotype
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Polymer of deoxyribonucleotides

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DNA

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Polymer of ribonucleotides

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RNA

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DNA and RNA differ in the… (2)

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  1. Nitrogenous bases they contain

2. Sugars they contain

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DNA nitrogenous bases… (4)

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  1. Adenine
  2. Thymine
  3. Cytosine
  4. Guanine
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15
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True or Flase: In all cells DNA is always a double stranded helix?

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True

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16
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The purines are?

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Adenine and Guanine

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The pyrimadines are…

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Cytosine, Uracil, and Thymine

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18
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Adenine and thymine are paired by…

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2 hydrogen bonds

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19
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Cytosine and Guanine are paired by…

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3 hydrogen bonds

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20
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How many base pairs make up one turn on the helix?

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10 base pairs

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21
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The diameter of double stranded DNA is?

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2 nm

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RNA bases…

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  1. Adenine
  2. Uracil
  3. Cytosine
  4. Guanine
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Nucleic Acids contain this type of bond?

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Phosphoodiester

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24
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RNA structure (single stranded?)

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Most RNA molecules are single stranded, some are double stranded or have double stranded regions

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3 types of RNA

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  1. mRNA
  2. rRNA
  3. tRNA
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Characteristics of Viral Genomes

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  1. Either DNA or RNA- never both
  2. Single stranded or double stranded
  3. Very little or no proteins
  4. Linear or circular
  5. 20-100 genes
  6. 20,000-100,000 nucleic acids
  7. Viral genomes are packed within a capsid
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What is a capsid?

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Viral genomes are packed into a protein coat

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Characteristics of Prokaryote Genomes

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  1. Double stranded DNA
  2. 98% DNA and 2% proteins
  3. Linear, circular, or supercoiled
  4. Single piece of DNA as their bacterial chromosome
  5. 2000-5000 genes
  6. 2 -5 million nucleotides
  7. Contain plasmids
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29
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What are plasmids?

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Small pieces of open circular double stranded DNA in the cytoplasm

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30
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Eukaryotic Genome Characteristics

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  1. Always composed of double stranded DNA
  2. Linear or circular
  3. DNA is spread over many eukaryotic chromosomes
  4. Several chromosomes
    5.
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All members of the same species have the same number of chromosomes?

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Species Number or Chromosomal Number

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32
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What is the purpose of chromosomes?

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Organizing a lot of DNA in a little volume

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33
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What are the components of the eukaryotic chromosome?

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  1. 35% DNA
  2. 64% proteins (histones and non histones)
  3. 1%RNA
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34
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DNA packing that is characterized by…

  • During non dividing times
  • Most loosely packed
  • Individual chromosomes exist but are not visible
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Chromatin

35
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Levels of Eukaryotic Genomes (5)

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  1. Double stranded naked DNA (2nm)
  2. Nucleosomes (10 nm)-
  3. Solenoids (30 nm)
  4. Supercoils (300 nm)
  5. Chromosome
36
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Nucleosomes are held together by…

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Histone proteins

37
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Solenoids are held together by…

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Histone and non histone proteins

38
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Supercoils are held together by…

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Non histone proteins

39
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Characteristics of DNA replication (3)

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  1. Complex process involving numerous proteins to ensure accuracy
  2. 2 strands separate and serve as a template for synthesis of a complimentary strand
  3. Each daughter gets one old stand and one new strand
40
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When each daughter cell obtains one old strand and one new strand

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Semi conservative

41
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Characteristics of DNA synthesis in Bacteria

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  1. Bidirectional replication from a single fork
  2. DNA is unwound at the replication fork
  3. Circular
42
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The entire genome in bacteria is replicated as a unit (no leading or lagging strands)

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Replicon

43
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Characteristics of DNA synthesis in Archaea

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  1. Circular

2. More than one origin

44
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Characteristics of DNA synthesis in Eukaryotes

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  1. Linear

2. Many replication forks

45
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Replication always proceeds in the __ to __ direction?

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5–> 3

46
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Function of Deoxyribonucleotide tri phosphates (monomers)

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  1. dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP

2. Make the new stands of DNA

47
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Provides the short segment of single stranded RNA and provides a 3’ -OH

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RNA primer

48
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Type of RNA polymerase that makes the RNA primer

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DNA primase

49
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The region of single stranded DNA attached to a double stranded DNA, opens up so replication can begin

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Replication bubble

50
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The junction between single stranded DNA and double stranded DNA

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Replication Fork

51
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Where does DNA replication begin?

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Origin of Replication

52
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How many origins of replication are there in Prokaryotes?

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1

53
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How many origins of replication are there in Eukaryotes?

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Multiple

54
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  • The first enzyme to assemble at the origin

- Unwinds the DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds between the bases on opposite strands

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DNA helicase

55
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-Enzyme that binds to single stranded regions of DNA behind the helicase to prevent it from coming back together before replication

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Single Stranded Binding Proteins

56
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-Enzyme that relieves tension in the double stranded DNA in front of the helicases to prevent the DNA from breaking before replication is accomplished

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DNA topoisomerases

57
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-Synthesizes a short stretch of complimentary RNA called the primer on each strand

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Primase

58
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What does the primer provide?

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-Supplies a stable 3’ -OH to which the main DNA polymerase can start to add dNTPs (new strand)

59
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This enzyme starts to add the dNTP’s complimentary to the ss DNA template to the 3’ -OH end of the primer

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DNA polymerase

60
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DNA synthesis occurs in the…

A

5’ to 3’ direction

61
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DNA replication occurs in the opposite direction on the 2 strands and this is called… leading and lagging strands

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Bidirectional Synthesis

62
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Characteristics of the leading strand…

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  1. Continuous Synthesis

2. Moves smoothly behind the helicase

63
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Characteristics of the lagging strand…

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  1. Discontinuous synthesis

2. Each Okazaki fragment needs one primer

64
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Synthesized strands on the lagging strand are called?

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Okazaki Fragments

65
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Enzymes that remove the RNA primers

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RNAases

66
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Enzyme that seals any nicks in the Phosphodiester bonds

A

DNA ligase

67
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Enzyme that checks out the replication to see if any errors were made and they correct them

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Mismatch Repair Enzymes

68
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DNA polymerases require 3 things synthesis of the complimentary strand…

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  1. A template- directs synthesis for the complimentary strand
  2. A primer (DNA or RNA) strand
  3. dNTP’s (deoxyribonucleotides tri phosphates)
69
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This is a complex of 10 proteins

A

DNA polymerase III holoenzyme

70
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3 proteins form a…

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Core enzyme

71
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How many core enzymes form a polymerase?

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2

72
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The function of Polymerase?

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  1. Catalyze synthesis

2. Proofreading for Fidelity

73
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This enzyme is a type of topoisomerase, it introduces negative supercoiling to help compact the bacterial chromosome

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DNA gyrase

74
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Proofreading is carried out by what enzyme?

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  1. DNA polymerase III
75
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Removal of mismatched base from 3’ growing strand is accomplished via this type of activity

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Exonuclease Activity

76
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Replication stops when…

A

The replisome reaches the termination site on the DNA

77
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This forms when the 2 circular daughter chromosomes do not separate

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Catenanes

78
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This enzyme temporaly breaks the DNA molecules so the strands can seperate

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Topoisomerases

79
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This enzyme solves the end replication problem by synthesizing DNA using an RNA template and an internal RNA template

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Telomerase

80
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What is the end replication problem? (3)

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  1. Shortening of a chromosome after each round of replication
81
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How is the end replication problem solved in Eukaryotes?

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  1. By the enzyme telomerase
82
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How is the end replication problem solved in Bacteria?

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  1. By disguising the ends of the linear chromosome
83
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Error rates in cells are approximately…

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10-8 or 10-11 errors per base inserted

84
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Accuracy is due to… (2)

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  1. Complimentary base pairing

2. Proofreading by DNA polymerase

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