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1
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what information does DNA genome hold?

A

How to build every protein in the cell

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2
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What is a genome

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Entirety of an organisms hereditary information

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3
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What bonds hold the nucleotides together?

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Hydrogen bonds

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4
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Parts of a nucleotide

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Sugar phosphate backbone, nitrogen base, sugar

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5
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What are the nitrogen bases

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Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

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6
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What is the function of the sugar phosphate back bone?

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Forms the structural framework of nucleic acid

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7
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What are histones

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Histones bind to DNA and help give chromosomes their shape, and control the activity of genes

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8
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Prokaryotic chromosomes are ___circled

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Single

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9
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Eukaryotic chromosomes have____pieces

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Multiple linear

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