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Watson & Crick were the first to develop and fully fleshed out model of DNA. They said the structure of DNA was what?

A double helix

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If 30% of a DNA sample was found to be Guanine, what are the percentages of the other bases?

G-30%, C-30%, A-20%, T-20%

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A point mutation where a nucleotide is swapped and it causes a stop codon to be in place instead is called...

Nonsense mutation

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In DNA, Adenine binds with _______, but in RNA, Adenine binds with _______

Thymine; Uracil

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Going from mRNA to amino acids is called..

Translation

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Here is a coding strand of DNA, transcribe it: 5'-ATGCCTAAG-3'

Because this is the CODING strand, we know that mRNA is build onto the template strand and essentially matches the coding strand (with the exception of U)

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tRNA is a type of RNA that has what function?

transfer RNA (tRNA) has an anti-codon that matches the codon on the mRNA. Each tRNA carries a specific amino acid depending on the anti-codon.

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What are the four different nitrogenous bases found in DNA?

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

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mRNA is a type of RNA that has what function?

mRNA is a copy of a section of DNA that can be translated into an amino acid sequence.

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The strand of DNA that mRNA is NOT built onto, but will match, is called the

Coding strand

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Once out of the nucleus, a ribosome reads the mRNA 3 nucleotides at a time. These are called...

Codons

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RNA polymerase read the DNA strand ___' to ___' because new nucleotides can only be added to the ___' end

RNA polymerase read the DNA strand 5' to 3' because new nucleotides can only be added to the 3' end

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Anabolism can be defined as...

The building of molecules-like creating PGAL during photosynthesis

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