Def Flashcards

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Semi-conservative

A

2 strands on parental DNA molecule separate when H bond disrupts;

Each strand acts as a template;

New H bonds form;

Each Daughter cell inherits a DNA molecule that is hybrid;

One newly synthesised; one parental

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Central dogma?

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Flow of genetic information from DNA through RNA to proteins

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Gene

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Specific seq of nucleotides along a DNA molecule;

Codes for a specific seq of aa in a polypeptide chain

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Codon

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Triplet bases found in mRNA;

Complementary to the triplets of bases found in a DNA template

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