DNA Flashcards

0
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An example of a disease caused by substitution

A

Sickle cell Amenia

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1
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Changes in the number, type, or order of bases in DNA

A

Mutations

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2
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Most common type of mutation

A

Substitution

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3
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The subunits of DNA

A

Nucleotide

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4
Q

What are nucleotides made of

A

Sugar, base, and phosphate

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5
Q

Which letters go together

A

A and T Plus G and C

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6
Q

What does adenine pair with when RNAs present

A

Uracil

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7
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Physical or chemical agents in mutations

A

Mutagen

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8
Q

What does DNA stand for

A

Deoxyribonucleic acid

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9
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If a mutation is going to be passed on to the next generation where does that have to occur

A

The sex cells

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10
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Who found out that bases are paired in the 1950s

A

Chagraff

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11
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Which to scientist made a model out of DNA

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Watson and crick

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12
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Who was the first scientist to see DNA

A

Franklin

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13
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Bases are blank to each other

A

Complementary

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14
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When are copies made

A

Every time a cell divides

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15
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What helps DNA replicate

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Proteins

16
Q

Where does DNA split to prepare for a replication

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Down the middle

17
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What do three bases form

A

Amino acids

18
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What is a chain of amino acids

A

Proteins

19
Q

What process did Franklin see DNA with

A

X-ray diffraction

20
Q

What is the factory in a cell that makes proteins

A

Ribosome

21
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What is the amino acid that looks for other amino acids floating around the cell

A

TRNA

22
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DNA must first blank before can replicate

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Unwind