DNA Analysis

Question 1

Chromosome

Answer 1

Any of the usually linear bodies in the cell nucleus that contain the genetic material.

Question 2

Cytosine

Answer 2

A component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a pyrimidine base.

Question 3

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA

Answer 3

A double-stranded, helical nucleic acid molecule capable of replicating and determining the inherited structure of a cell’s proteins.

Question 4

Gel

Answer 4

The separation of nucleic acids or proteins, on the basis of their size and electrical charge, by measuring their rate of movement through an electrical field in a gel.

Question 5

Gene

Answer 5

A discrete unit of hereditary information consisting of a specific nucleotide sequence in DNA (or RNA, in some viruses).

Question 6

Guanine

Answer 6

component of nucleic acids that carries hereditary information in DNA and RNA in cells. Chemically, it is a purine bas