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DNA Vocab.
Vocabulary of Dna
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Nucleic Acid? | Any group of long Linear macomolecule either DNA or RNA that carry Genetic infomation directing all cellular functions |
| What is Double Helix | The Shape of DNA |
| What is Monomer? | A molecular of low weight capable of reacting with identical or lower molucular weight to form a polymer |
| What is Polymer? | Acompound of high molecular weight derived by the addition of smaller molecules |
| What is Nucleotide | Form Building blocks to form DNA and RNA |
| What is Nitrogen Bases | A nitrogen Containing organic compound that have the chemical properties of a base |
| What is base pair? | Bases that form the links between the sugar-phosphate backbones of nucleic acid molecules. |
| What is a molucule? | The smallest physical unit of a Element or compound consisting of one or more like atoms in a element and two or more atoms in a compound. |
| What is a Chromosome? | Any of several thread like bodies consiting of chromitin that carrys genes in a linear order |
| What is Deoxyribose? | Any certain carbohydrates derived from ribose by the replacement of hydroxyl group with a hydragen atom. |
| Hydrogen bond | A type of chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom that has a covalent link with one of the electronegative atoms forms an electrostatic link with another electronegative atom in the same or another molecule |
| Inheritance | Something that is or maybe inheritade |
| Adenine | One of the fudemental components of nucleic acid |
| Guanine | A fundemental constituent of DNA and RNA which forms a baes pair with Cytosine |
| Cytosine | Forms a base pair with guanine |
| Thymine | Princapal compents of DNA that fis paired with Adenine |