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DNA Vocab
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Biology
10th Grade
02/16/2012

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DNA
Definition
Nucleic Acid that contains the sugar "deoxyribose"
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RNA
Definition
Single-Stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar "ribose"
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Chromosomes
Definition
Thread like structures within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next
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Replication
Definition
Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA
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Ribose
Definition
A sugar of the pentose class that occurs widely in nature
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Deoxyribose
Definition
A sugar derived from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen
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Adenine
Definition
A compound that is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
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Uracil
Definition
Found in living tissue as a constituent base of RNA
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Thymine
Definition
One of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
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Guanine
Definition
Occurs in guano and fish scales and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids
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Cytosine
Definition
found in living things as a constituent base of nucleic acid
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tRNA
Definition
Transfers RNA
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mRNA
Definition
Messager RNA
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Transcription
Definition
Making copy of genetic code
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Translation
Definition
genetic code is decoded
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