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| a gene is a region of DNA that contains the code or instructions for the manufacture of |
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| a specific polypeptide chain |
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| the process of transferring info from dna to mrna |
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| a three base mrna code for an amino acid is called |
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| after transcription mrna leaves the nucleus and moves to |
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| a gene muation can be thought of as a/an |
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| change in nucleotide sequence |
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| a project underway to map every gene in the human body is called |
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| the genetic engineering project |
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| dna fingerprints can be made by using this process |
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| the three scientists who recieved the nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of dna were |
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| the backbones of dna are made of sugar and |
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| the rungs on a dna molecule are made up of |
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| the type of bind that glue togther the rungs on the dna molecule are called |
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| transcription is a process that occurs in the |
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| translation is a process that occurs in the |
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| a structual change in a gene or chromosone |
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| insertion or deletion of 1 or more nucleotides in a gene |
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| segment of dna that is translated into a protein |
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| a segment of rna that is removed before the mrna leaves the nucleus |
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| uses dna and 2 primers as templates for dna replication |
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| enzymes repair a damaged portion of dna synthesize aa replacement sections and attach it to neightboring dna |
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| manipulating genes and incorporating manipulated genes into organisms |
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| increase in the number of copies of a particular segment of dna |
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| repair or replacement of defective gene in the gamete forming tissues |
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| a complez of dna polymerase and other enzymes that catalyzes the synthesis of dna |
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| enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a new dna strand using an orginal strand as a template |
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| study of dna sequence information to help explain cell functions |
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| change in a single base pair of a dna sequence in a gene |
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| differences in dna fragment sizes are used as markers or genetic maps to identify the source of dna and the presence of specific genes |
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| recognizes specific sequences in dna and breaks the dna chain at these points |
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| the directions for transport of proteins to different parts of a cell |
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| enzyme that catalyzes the assembly of an rna molecule |
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| fundamental physical unit of heredity a small segment of dna |
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| a change in dna that changes a codon that specifies an amino acid to one that specifies a stop codon |
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| all of an organisms genetic info |
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