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Biology Vocab
Biology Vocab for my test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Base-Pair Rule | Base-pairing rule – the rule stating that in dna, cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine pairs with thymine add in rna, adenine pairs with uracil |
| Nucleotide | A nucleotide is an organic molecule that is the building block of DNA and RNA |
| Semiconservative Replication | The process by which DNA makes copies of itself, each strand, as it separates, synthesizing a complementary strand. |
| DNA Replication | DNA replication is the process by which a molecule of DNA is duplicated |
| Adenine | Adenine is a chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Adenine is a type of purine. |
| Guanine | Guanine is a chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. It is a type of purine. |
| Cytosine | A chemical compound that is used to make one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. It is a type of pyrimidine. |
| Thymine | Thymine is one of the four nitrogenous nucleobases that form the basic building blocks of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). |