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What role did Rosalind Franklin and James Watson & Francis Crick play in our understanding of DNA’s structure?

Rosalind Franklin discovered the density of DNA and, more importantly, established that the molecule existed in a helical conformation.

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Name 2 common types of mutagens

Radioactive substances, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays

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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 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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What is the job of a tRNA molecule?

bring the amino acids and place them in the correct potsition to create the desired protein

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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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What are the building blocks of DNA?

adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T)

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What was discovered from the work conducted by Avery, Hershey and Chase in regards to the molecule responsible for inheritance?

They discovered that DNA is the transforming agent.

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What are mutagens?

an agent, such as radiation or a chemical substance, which causes genetic mutation.

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What are the monomers that make up proteins?

Amino acids

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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 introns?

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

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What is a mutation?

A mutation is a change in the DNA sequence of an organism

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