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A _______ mutation is when nucleotides are added to the mRNA strand. This causes a frameshift

Insertion

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During elongation, the incoming tRNA molecules enters the ___ site, moving the previous one to the ___ site, and the one before that to the ___ site.

A, P, E

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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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A point mutation where a non-wobble base is swapped but causes no change in the amino acid is...

Conservative missense mutation

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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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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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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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rRNA is a type of RNA that has what function?

Along with some other proteins, the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) makes up the ribosome that will translate the mRNA sequence into amino acids.

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A point mutation where a nucleotide is swapped but nothing occurs is called a...

silent mutation

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

Thymine; Uracil

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Breaking ATP into ADP and a phosphate group is an example of

Catabolism

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What are the four different nitrogenous bases found in DNA?

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

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