Nucleotides and protein synthesis Flashcards
1
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Purine bases
A
Adenine, Guanine,
2
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Pyrimidine bases
A
Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil
3
Q
anticodon
A
three consecutive bases in transfer RNA, complementary to a codon in RNA
4
Q
codon
A
three consecutive bases in messenger RNA which specify an amino acid or act as a signal to start or stop
5
Q
diploid
A
a eukaryotic cell or organism containing two complete sets of chromosomes
6
Q
homologous pair
A
chromosomes in a diploid cell occur in homologous pairs, each contains the same sequence of genes but are derived from different parents
7
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genotype
A
he particular alleles of a gene at the appropriate locus on both copies of the homologous chromosomes of its cells
