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| what are the building blocks of DNA? |
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| what are the three parts of a nucleotide? |
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| what are the 4 bases? which bases pair together? |
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A: Adenine pairs with T: Thymine
C: Cytosine pairs with G: Guanine |
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| is DNA a small or large molecule? Can it diffuse? |
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arrange the following words from largest to smallest:
DNA, CELL, BODY, CHROMOSOME, GENE, NUCLEUS |
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| BODY, CELL, NUCLEUS, CHROMOSOME, GENE, DNA |
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| What did watson and crick discover about DNA |
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| what does DNA code for? Why is that important |
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| DNA codes for PROTEINS that determine our TRAITS |
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| Messanger RNA. Brings DNA's instructions from nucleus to ribosome so proteins can be made |
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| mRNA translated into amino acides |
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| what do amino acids combine to form? |
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| why does our DNA need to replicate? |
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| can the environment affect gene expression? |
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| yes! for example when you go out in the sun your skin makes more of the protein melanin which makes you skin darker |
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| take a gene from one organism and place it in another |
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| give an example of a hormone we can genetically engineer |
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| INSULIN. We take the gene for human insulin and insert it into a PLASMID (DNA OF A BACTERIA) |
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| recombine DNA of two different organisms |
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| why do we use DNA fingerprints |
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| Why does DNA run down a gel electrophoresis? |
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| DNA is negative. We hook a battery up to the gel. The positive end is at the bottom and the negative side is at the top. The negative DNA is attracted to the positive side of the gel and runs down the gel |
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| separates DNA according to size. |
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| pattern observed on gel electrophoresis. unique to each individual. this is the DNA fingerprint. |
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