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- Processes of heredity in the plants and animals - Define how cell functions and gives you all of your characteristics |
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| Information from the mRNA is used to synthesis a polypeptide |
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DNA is converted into messenger RNA |
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| Which two scientists discovered the structure of DNA? |
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| James Watson and Francis Crick |
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| Each nucleotide has three things |
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- Phosphate - Sugar - Nitrogen base (Guanine, cytosine, adenine, thymine) |
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Five differences between mitosis and meiosis |
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Mitosis - 1 division - 2 daughter cells - No crossover - DNA is the same - Daughter cell is the same as the parent cell Meiosis - 2 division - 4 daughter cells - Crossover occurs - DNA isn't the same - Randomly assortment |
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| Mutation and caused by... |
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- A change in the DNA code Caused by ... - Single nucleotide change - Error in DNA replication - Environmental factors called Mutagens |
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