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vocabulary 9-2 10-24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Double Helix | Two strands twisted around each other, like a winding staircase. |
| Nucleotides | The subunits that make up DNA |
| Deoxyribose | The five- carbon sugar in DNA nucleotides, which DNA get its full name , Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Base-Pairing rules | The struc- ture and size of the nitrogen bases allows for only these two paired combinations |
| Complementary base pairs | The strictness of base-pairing results in two strands |
| DNA replication | The process of making a copy of DNA |
| DNA helicases | opens the double helix by breaking the hydro- gen bonds that link the complementary nitrogen bases between the two strands. |
| replication forks | The areas where the double helix separates |
| DNA polymerases | move along each of the DNA strands |