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Diversity 1.3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid; the genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring. |
| Protein synthesis | process by which amino acids link together to form proteins. |
| Messenger RNA | Type of RNA that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from the DNA to ribosomes in the cytoplasm. |
| Transfer RNA | Type of RNA in the cytoplasm that carries an amino acid to the ribosome during protein synthesis. |
| Nitrogen bases | Adenine, thymine, guanin, and cytosine |
| Replication | making a copy |
| Amino Acids | compounds that are used to build proteins. There are 20 of these. |
| codon | a section of nitrogen bases in groups of three, a part of the mRNA. |
| anti-codon | a section of nitrogen bases in groups of three, a part of the tRNA. |