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structure of DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DNA | a very long molecule madeof repeating subunits called nucleotides |
| nucleotides | have 3 parts-sugar, phosphate group, and a nitrogen base |
| 4 nitrogen bases found in DNA | adenine- A Guanine-G Thymine-T Cytosine-C |
| nitrogen bases in DNA that bond together | A only goes with T T pairs with A C pairs with G G pairs with C |
| RNA | single stranded, contains U's insteas of T's can leave the nucleus |
| watson and crick | devolped the double helix model of DNA double hilex a long zipper that is twisted |
| mutation | any change in the DNA code |
| replication | the copy of the DNA for the process of the cell divison |