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A part of vocabulary on DNA words

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What does the word DNA mean ?   DNA is a chemical code that contains all the information for an organisms growth and development.  
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What is Adenine and where is it found within the DNA?   Adenine is part of a nitrogen based pair that is connected with thymine. It is located in between the sides, it is a rung.  
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What is Thymine and where is it found within the DNA?   Thymine is a rung that is connected to Adenine and and cant ever be connected to any other pair except Adenine without creating a error with dangers.  
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What is Cytosine and what is it connected to within the DNA?   Cytosine is part of nitrogen base pairs and can only be connected with Guanine.  
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What is Guanine and what is it connected to within the DNA?   Guanine is part of nitrogen base pairs and can only be connected with Cytosine.  
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What is an Enzyme?   Proteins that seperate the DNA sides so that bases can pair with the original sides.  
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What are Genes?   Genes are instructions for making specific proteins. They are found on chromosomesand determine most of the organism's characteristics.  
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What is RNA?   RNA is half a ladder instead of a whole one,(unlike DNA) and contains Uracil instead of Deoxyribose.  
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What are Mutations?   Mutations are any permanant change(s) in the DNA sequence of a gene or chromosome.  
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What is Cytokinesis?   The division of the parent cell's cytoplasm, it happens immideatly after mitosis.  
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What is Bianary Fission?   It is a form of asexual reproduction occuring in Prokaryotes.  
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What is the Cell cycle?   The cell cycle is the normal sequence of development and division of a cell.  
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What are chromosomes?   Chromosomes are compact structures that every organism has.  
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What is Anaphase?   A phase where fibers pull the chromosomes apart into two equal sets of DNA, inside the cell.  
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What is Metaphase?   The phase in mitosis where the Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.  
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What is Mitosis?   It is a series of steps which are in the Cell cycle. It is part of cell division.  
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