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What was accepted by biologists in the EARLY 1940’s?
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Biologists began to accept the hypothesis that genetic material was found WITHIN chromosomes.
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What is a Chromosome?
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A long thread of genetic material found in the nucleus of cells.
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What are chromosomes composed of?
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Relatively equal amounts of proteins and nuclei acids
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What is the basic unit of a nuclei acid?
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A nucleotide
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What is a basic unit of a protein?
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Amino acid
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What is the ratio of the two basic units?
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3 nucleotides make up 1 amino acid.
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What is a nucleotide composed of?
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Phosphate, sugar molecules, nitrogenous bases
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4 Types of nitrogenous bases?
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Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, Guanine
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What is RNA and DNA composed of?
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DNA and RNA are composed of nuclei acids
