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What is an anticodon?

trinucleotide sequence located at one end of a transfer RNA (tRNA) molecule

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What are exons?

Exons are the parts of a gene that code for a protein

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Name 2 common types of mutagens

Radioactive substances, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays

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What forms the “steps of the ladder” in a DNA molecule?

the rungs of the ladder are composed of pairs of nitrogenous bases (base pairs)

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What is the difference between chromatin and chromosomes?

Chromatin is the DNA and proteins that make up a chromosome. Chromosomes are the separate pieces of DNA in a cell.

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DNA contains the instructions for building which type of macromolecule?

DNA is a double stranded helical macromolecule that contains the instructions for creating RNA molecules, peptides, and proteins

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What are introns?

Introns are nucleotide sequences in DNA and RNA that do not directly code for proteins - opposite of exons

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What's the difference between DNA and RNA?

RNA is single strand, DNA is double strand.DNA has four nitrogen bases adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine and for RNA instead of thymine, it has uracil

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What is transformation?

Transformation is a process by which foreign genetic material is taken up by a cell. The process results in a stable genetic change within the transformed cell.

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