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Biology
10th Grade
03/04/2015

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Term
Chromatin
Definition
Eukaryotic Chromosomes that contain DNA & proteins that are packed together (pg. 296, Prentice Hall)
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Histones
Definition
Type of protein that Chromatin coils around (Pg. 296, Prentice Hall)
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DNA Polymerase
Definition
Joins Nucleotides together to make DNA (Pg.299, Prentice Hall)
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Promoters
Definition
Has specific base sequences that enzymes bind to (Pg. 301, Prentice Hall)
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Introns
Definition
Part of an RNA transcript that are taken out before the RNA molecule is made into a protein (http://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/intron-introns-67)
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AntiCodon
Definition
Complementary to one mRNA codon (PG. 304, Prentice Hall)
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Mutations
Definition
Changes in genes (Pg. 307, Prentice Hall)
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Point Mutations
Definition
Gene Mutations that also change nucleotides (pg. 307, Prentice Hall)
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Polyploidy
Definition
Organisms that have an extra set of chromosomes (Pg. 308, Prentice Hall)
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Operon
Definition
Genes working together (Pg. 309, Prentice Hall)
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Bacteriophage
Definition
Virus that infects bacteria (pg. 289, Prentice Hall)
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DNA
Definition
Deoxyribonucleic acid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA)
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Double Helix
Definition
Shape of a DNA molecule (http://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/glossary.htm)
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FrameShift Mutation
Definition
mutation that occurs when a single base is is added/deleted from DNA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frameshift_mutation)
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Mutagen
Definition
Something that causes a change in DNA (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutagen)
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Nitrogenous Base
Definition
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil (http://study.com/academy/lesson/nitrogenous-base-definition-pairs-quiz.html)
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Purine
Definition
Adenine and Guanine (google.com)
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rRNA
Definition
Ribosomal RNA (google.com)
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Semi-Conservative Replication
Definition
In the new DNA, one strand is from the old DNA and one strand is new
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tRNA
Definition
Transfer RNA (http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/tRNA)
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Transcription
Definition
Enzymes make an RNA copy of a DNA strand (http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/dna-transcription-426)
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Translation
Definition
Making mRNA into amino acids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(biology)
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Insertion Mutation
Definition
Addition of extra nucleotides in DNA (http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Insertion_mutation)
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Substitution Mutation
Definition
Mutation where a single nucleotide is exchanged for another (http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Substitution_mutation)
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Deletion Mutation
Definition
Loss of a nucleotide (http://study.com/academy/lesson/deletion-mutation-definition-examples-diseases.html)
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