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| Copies the coded message from the DNA in the nucleus and carries the message to the Transfer RNA. |
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| Carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds them to the growing protein |
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| Any change in a gene or chromosome. |
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| What is the main function of genes? |
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| the production of proteins in an organism’s cells. |
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| How is RNA different from DNA? |
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| RNA only has one strand while DNA has two stands, RNA contains a different sugar then DNA too. The nitrogen bases are different too, RNA contains uracil instead of thymine |
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| Can cause a cell to produce an incorrect protein during protein synthesis. As a result, the organism’s trait, or phenotype, may be different from what it normally would have been. |
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| Name three different types of mutations. |
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| Addition, Subtraction, deletion. |
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| Are mutations helpful or harmful? |
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| A mutation is harmful to an organism is it reduces the organism’s change of reproduction of survival, and it also depends on the organism’s environment. |
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| Carries amino acids to the ribosome and adds to the proteins. |
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| Copies coded message from the DNA and carries it to the ribosome i the cytoplasm. |
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| Alles neither dominant for recessive both traits in organisms. |
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| Three or more forms of a gene that code for a single trait. |
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| Are one of the 23 pairs of Chromosomes in each body cell. |
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| Genes on the X and Y chromosomes. Called this because their alleles are passed from parent to child. |
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| a person who has one recessive allele for a trait and one dominant Allele. |
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