Lab 1 Flashcards
1
Q
DNA
A
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Genetic blueprint of all living organism
2
Q
Deoxyribose
A
Sugars, carbons are numbered 1’ to 5’
3
Q
Nitrogenous bases
A
Four, covalently bound to carbon 1’ of the deoxyribose and at least one phosphate group covalently bound to the carbon 5’ of the deoxyribose
4
Q
Purines
A
Adenine
Guanine
5
Q
Pyrimidines
A
Thymine
Cytosine
6
Q
Central dogma
A
The flow of genetic information
7
Q
DNA polymerase
A
An enzyme that makes phosphodiester bonds in DNA
8
Q
Anti parallel
A
The 3’ end of the template is near the 5’ end of the complementary strand and vice versa
9
Q
Histones
A
Positively charged portions that help fold up the DNA into condensed structures = chromatin
10
Q
Polyploidy
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Is the state of a cell or organism having more than two pairs (homologous) sets of chromosomes
