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DNA Structure
DNA structure and replication
| What is DNA made of, and what does its structure look like? | Nucleotides, niitrogen bases, deoxyribose sugar, phosphate, and hydrogen bonds, sugar-phosphate backbone. It looks like a double helix. |
| What are the 4 nitrogen bases? | Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine |
| Which bases pair with each other? | Adenine pairs with thymine. Cytosine pairs with guanine. |
| When/why do cells need to make more DNA? | When cells are lost during injury/illness, during pregnancy, during puberty, during the production of gametes. |
| What does 'semiconservative' mean? | Cells produce identical DNA molecules with with one old strand and one new strand. Semi=half, conservative=save to restore |
| What are the steps to DNA replication? | 1. Unwind the DNA.2. Add on the complementary base pairs. 3. Seal the strands together and reseal the DNA. |