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dna
composition and structure of dna
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dna is made up of what? | repeating units called nucleotides |
| Each nucleotide has one of the following groups: | dioxyribose-a five carbon sugar phosphate group one of four nitrogenous bases |
| What are the four nitrogenous bases? | Purines: Adenine, Guanine Pyrimidines: Cytosine, Thymine |
| Which bases go with which bases? | Adenine+ Guanine Cytosine+ Thymine |
| What did James watson and Francis Crick discover? Using what? | Using x-ray photos taken of dna by Rosalind Franklin, they formed a model of DNA. |
| What does the model of DNA used today, look like? | It has a double helix. Phosphate and sugar form the sides and the nitrogenous bases form the rungs. The two stands are complemantary |