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AP Bio Unit 6 Vocab

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Purines   show
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Pyrimidines   show
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Antiparallel   show
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Plasmids   show
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show one of the two types of nucleic acid made by cells, composed of ribonucleic acid, and is single stranded  
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DNA   show
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Origins of replication   show
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show the point at which the two strands of DNA are separated to allow replication of each strand  
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show the enzyme that unwinds DNA strands at each replication fork  
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show the enzyme that prevents strain ahead of the replication fork by relaxing super coiling  
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Primase   show
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show short segments of RNA which are added to the parental DNA strand  
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show attaches to each primer on the parental strand and moves in the 3' to 5' direction  
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DNAP I   show
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Leading strand   show
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show the strand of parental DNA that runs in the opposite direction which the replication fork opens  
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show small sections of DNA that are formed during discontinuous synthesis of the lagging strand during DNA replication  
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DNA ligase   show
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show repeating unites of short nucleotide sequences that do not code for genes  
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show the enzyme that adds telomeres to DNA  
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Nuclease   show
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Mismatch repair   show
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Transcription   show
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show the process by which DNA directs the synthesis of proteins  
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Template strand   show
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show a sequence of three consecutive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid  
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rRNA   show
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tRNA   show
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show the 5' end of the pre-mRNA receives a modified guanine nucleotide cap  
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Poly-A-Tail   show
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mRNA   show
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Redundancy   show
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Reading frame   show
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Alternative splicing   show
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show sections of the pre-mRNA, called introns, are removed and then exons are joined together  
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Translation   show
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show a trinucleotide sequence located at the end of a tRNA molecule which is complementary to a corresponding codon in a mRNA sequence  
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tRNA   show
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Stop codon   show
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show a group of genes that can be turned on and off  
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Promoter   show
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Operator   show
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Inducible   show
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show various molecules in the cytoplasm that contain genetic information or chemicals to spark various reactions  
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Allosteric inhibitor   show
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Regulatory gene   show
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Allosteric activator   show
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Control elements   show
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Histone acetylation   show
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DNA methylation   show
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Epigenetic inheritance   show
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Gene   show
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Differentiation   show
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Morphogenesis   show
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show they are on but can be turned off by a small molecule.  
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Induction   show
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show map out body structures  
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Apoptosis   show
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show a "body plan" for the organism  
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Mutations   show
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Genotype   show
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show an individual's observable traits  
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show when chromosomes do not separate properly in meiosis  
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show a segment of one chromosome moves to another  
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Inversion   show
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show segment is lost  
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show the introduction of genetic material from one species to another species by mechanisms other than the vertical transmission from parent(s) to offspring  
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Transformation   show
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Conjugation   show
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Transposition   show
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show change a single nucleotide pair of a gene  
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Duplication   show
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Transduction   show
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show the replacement of one nucleotide and its partner with another pair of nucleotides  
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Gel electrophoresis   show
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show a method used in molecular biology to make several copies of a specific DNA segment  
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show the process of determining the order of nucleotides in DNA  
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