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What are codons?

A sequence of three consecutive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid

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boom

Lose 50 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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thief

Give points!

magnet

Take 15 points!

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shark

Other team loses 5 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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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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Describe what happened in Frederick Griffith’s experiment with pneumonia and mice?

heat-killed bacteria converted live virus cells to non-virus cells, and he called the component of the dead S-type bacteria the “transforming principle"

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What is an anticodon?

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

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Name the three types of RNA and their jobs.

mRNA: helps with protein synthesis during translation. tRNA: adds amino acids & reads genetic code during translation. rRNA: catalyst and structure support

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