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DNA vocab CL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chargoff | scientist who determined the rules for the pairing of bases in DNA. |
| Fraklin | scientist who used x-rays to determin eDna was a helix. |
| Watson & crick | pair of scientists who determined the 3-D structure of DNA. |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid the nucleic acid that carries instructions for taking proteins |
| deoxyribose | the sugar that helps to make up the nucleotides of DNA |
| double helix | a twisted ladder that describes the structure of DNA |
| adenine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA abbreviated A |
| cytosine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA abbreviated C |
| guanine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA abbreviated G |
| thymine | a nitrogen base found in DNA and RNA abbreviated T |
| replication | the process of creating an exact copy of DNA |
| complementary strand of DNA | The strand of DNA that matches the origianal strand of DNA during replication |
| genetic code | information carried from generation to generation by DNA |
| RNA | the nucleic acid responsible for building proteins |
| ribose | the sugar that helps to make a nucletides of RNA |
| mRNA | messenger RNA carries information from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm |
| tRNA | Transfer RNA carries the amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosomes |
| rRNA | ribosomal Rnas helps to assemble the amino acids into proteins |
| condon | found on mRNA a 3 letter code that determined the amnio acids that will make up proteins |
| anticondon | found on tRNA a 3 letter complement to the condon that allows the that allows the amnio acids to bond in the correct seguence |
| transcripition | occurs in the nuclus the process of creating mRNA from DNA |
| translation | occurs in the cytoplasm the proccess of creating a protein from mDNA |
| mutation | a mistake or change inj the DNA segunce can be harmful or benefical |
| deletion | a type of mutation mutation that involves all or part of the chromosomes being changed |
| insertion | a type of mutation in which a bse is added to a DNA sequnce |
| chromosomal mutations | a type of mutation in which a base is removed from a DNA sequence |
| genetic engineering | manipulation of genes to achieve desired traits in individuals |
| cloning | the process of producing population s genetically identical individuals |
| recombination | the process by which genetic material is broken and joined to other genetic materials |
| forensic identification | use of DNA to identify specific objects |
| human genome project | scientific research project whose goal is to determine the exact sequence of base pairs in DNA and map the 20-25000 genes in the human body |
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