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dna structure and replication
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is DNA made of? | DNA is made of units called nucleotides, called adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. |
| What are the complementary base pairs in DNA? | Adenine matches with Thymine Guanine matches with Cytosine Thymine matches with Adenine Cytosine matches with Guanine |
| When/why do cells need to make more copies of their DNA? | Cells make more copies of their DNA during synthesis and we do it to grow, heal, reproduce, etc. |
| How is DNA replicated? | |
| What makes DNA replication so fast? | |
| What makes DNA replication accurate? | |
| Do mistakes ever happen when replicating DNA? | yes, when there is a mistake during DNA replication it can cause diseases like cancer |
| What does its structure of DNA look like? | Two strands of DNA are connected by hydrogen bonds and twisted into a double helix structure |