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DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Four nitrogen bases | Adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine |
| Adenine pairs with | Thymine |
| Cytosine pairs with | Guanine |
| The handrails or sides of the DNA ladder are made up of | sugar and phosphate |
| Attaches to the bases pairs | sugar |
| Holds nitrogen bases together | hydrogen bonds |
| Steps of the ladder are made up of | Nitrogen bases |
| A nucleotide contains three parts. What are they? | A sugar, a phosphate, and a base |
| A mistake in the DNA code is called a | Mutation |
| DNA was discovered in | 1953 |