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| Traits that are passed from parents to offspring |
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| Genes contain information for the production of__________ |
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| The information bearing building blocks of genes are the chemical units: |
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| building blocks of proteins: |
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| sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous bases |
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| Each nucleotide is composed of three distinct parts: |
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| dna is composed of units called: |
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| carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorous |
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| nucleotides contain the elements |
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| The 4 nitrogenous bases that a nucleotide can be composed of: |
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| adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine |
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| the nitrogenous bases adenine and guanine are two ring structures called: |
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| thymine and cytosine are one ring structures called: |
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| the linkage of sugars and phosphates is called the "___" of the molecule |
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| The 5'(five prime) end of a single strand of dna is an: |
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| The 3'(three prime) end of a single strand of dna is an: |
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| In nucleic acids, bases that pair together are called: |
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| The two strands of DNA lay____ to each other. |
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| What are the 3 fundamental steps involved in DNA replication: |
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1)DNA unwinds
2)Parent strand used at template to form daughter strand
3)parent strand and daughter strand wind together in semi conservative replication |
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| The original two strands of DNA before replication begins are called: |
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| Each parent strand is used as a _____ to assemble a complementary ______ ________ of dna |
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| template, daughter strand |
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| The base of each nucleotide added to form the daughter strand is _____ to the base of the base on the parent strand. |
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| In the process of _________________, each newly replicated molecule has one parent strand and one daughter strand |
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| semi-conservative replication |
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| The genetic material that carries information from dna to ribosomes is: |
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| In RNA, the nitrogenous base thymine is replaced by the base: |
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| Unlike DNA, RNA is usually found as a _____ molecule in nature. |
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| A sequence of three nucleotides in a row is called a: |
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| Triplet sequences are copied from DNA to RNA during: |
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| The mRNA triplets are called: |
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| Each codon will code for only one: |
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| Translation is the process of an mRNA message into a: |
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| The 3 differences between DNA and RNA is RNA: |
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1)is ribonucleic acid
2)single stranded in nature
3)uracil replaces thymine |
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| Protein synthesis is also called: |
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| The triplet sequence on a tRNA is called the: |
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| The anticodon is used to find the: |
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