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chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| central dogma of molecular biology | doctrine that genetic instructions in DNA are copied by RNA, which carries them to ribosome where they are used to synthesize a protein (DNA->RNA->protein) |
| Chargaff's rules | observations by Erwin Chargaff that concentrations of the four nucleotide bases differ among species; and that, within a species, the concentrations of adenine and thymine are always about the same and the concentrations of cytosine and guanine are alway |
| messenger RNA (mRNA) | |
| ribosomal RNA (rRNA) | |
| transfer RNA (tRNA) | |
| condon | |
| genetic code | |
| promoter | |
| protein synthesis | |
| transcription | |
| translation | |
| chromosomal alteration | |
| frameshift mutation | |
| genetic disorder | |
| germline mutation | |
| mutagen | |
| mutation | |
| point mutation | |
| somatic mutation |