Nucleic Acids Definitions Flashcards
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Gene
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a heritable factor that consists of a length of DNA and influences a specific characteristic
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DNA
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a double helix molecule a used as genetic material in all living organisms
3
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Nucleotides
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the basic building blocks of nucleic acids(DNA and RNA)
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Codon
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a sequence of three DNA or RNA bases
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DNA replication
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the process by which a DNA sequence(gene) is copied into a complementary RNA sequence
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Transcription
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the process by which a DNA sequence(gene) is copied into a complementary RNA sequence
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Translation
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the process of protein synthesis in which the genetic information encoded in mRNA is translated into a sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain
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Genome
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all of the genetic information of an organism
