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1
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1902

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Genes are gaining acceptance as a concept

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2
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1930’s

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Boveri and Sutton- established the Chromosome theory (Drosophila)

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1952

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Hershey and Chase prove that DNA not protein is the information carrier

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4
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1953

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Watson and Crick propose the double helix

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5
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Nucleotide

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a unit of DNA consisting of: A nitrogen base, A sugar, A phosphate

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6
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Purine

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A nitrogen base consisting of 2 rings

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7
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Adenine

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DNA, RNA

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8
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Guanine

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DNA, RNA

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9
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Pyrimidine

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A nitrogen base consisting of 1 ring

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10
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Cytosine

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DNA, RNA

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11
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Thymine

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DNA

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12
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Uracil

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RNA

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13
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DNA Polymerase

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The enzyme that copies DNA to DNA

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14
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Template

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“original” from which a copy is made

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15
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Transcription

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DNA to RNA

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16
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RNA Polymerase

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The enzyme that copies DNA to RNA

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mRNA

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messenger RNA (the copy of DNA that goes hot if the nucleus

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Translation

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RNA to Amino Acid sequence

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Ribosome

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The thing that translates RNA into Amino Acids

20
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Codon

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a section of DNA that codes for a particular amino

21
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Anticodon

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The complementary part or tRNA which binds to the mRNA

22
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tRNA

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Transfer RNA brings a an amino acid to the mRNA/Ribosome complex

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rRNA

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Ribosomal RNA - RNA is part of the ribosome

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Exon and Intron

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Rna editing (Keep exons toss introns)

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Mutation

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an uncorrected change in the DNA which remains

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Insertion

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mutations where a nucleotide is added

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Deletion

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mutation where a nucleotide is removed

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Substitution

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mutation where nucleotide is replaced

29
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Mitosis

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division of the DNA

30
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Meiosis 1

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separate the homologous chromosomes

31
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Meiosis 2

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separate the chromatids

32
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Down’s syndrome

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three 21 chromosomes

33
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Turner’s syndrome

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X only

34
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Klinefelters

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(XXy), and Poly y