Day 3 Flashcards

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DNA

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Carries genetic info from parent cell or parents egg or sperm cells

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Amino acid

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A carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen molecule created from a specific triplet sequence

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Codon / triplet

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Formed from a sequence of three nucleotides and specify one of twenty different amino acids

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Transcription

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Process that copies dans genetic code into ease get rna

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Mutation

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Deletion in a DNA sequence

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Translation

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Process by which a protein is made from RNA and occurs in a cells ribosome

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Genetic code

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Language of triplets that is common to all organisms

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Nitrogen base

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A component of the nucleotide and pairs with a complementary form for another nucleotide

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Nucleotide

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A component of DNA that consists of sugar phosphate group and nitrogen base

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RNA

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Nucleic acid that uses genetic info from DNA to produce proteins

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Protein

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A molecule made from an amino acid chain that performs a specific task

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