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DNA
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Biology
9th Grade
06/04/2013

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Term
Nitrogenous Base
Definition
A carbon ring structure that contains one or more atoms of nitrogen.
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Double Helix
Definition
Two DNA strands twisted together.
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DNA replication
Definition
Process in which chromosomal DNA is copied.
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Enzime
Definition
Type of protein found in all living things that changes the rate of chemical reactions.
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Adenine
Definition
Is a nitrogenous base and it pairs with Thymine.
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Guanine
Definition
Is a nitrogenous base and it pairs with Cystosine.
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Thymine
Definition
Is a nitrogenous base and it pairs with Adenine.
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Cystosine
Definition
Is a nitrogenous base and it pairs with Guanine.
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Nucleotide
Definition
Subunits of nucleic acid formed from a simple sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
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Phosphate
Definition
A monomer of the DNA.
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Hydrogen bonds
Definition
Weak chemical bond formed by the attraction of positively charged hydrogen atoms to other negatively. charged atoms.
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Chromosome
Definition
Cell structures that carry the genetic material that is copied and passed from generation to generation of cells.
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DNA Replication
Definition
process in which chromosomal DNA is copied before mitosis or meiosis.
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Meiosis
Definition
Type of cell division where one body cell produces four gametes.
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Point mutation
Definition
Change in a single base pair in DNA.
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Codon
Definition
Set of three nitrogenous bases that represents an amino acid.
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Transcription
Definition
Process in the cell nucleus where enzymes make an RNA copy of a DNA strand.
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Translation
Definition
Process of converting information in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids in a protein.
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Amino acid
Definition
Basic building blocks of protein molecules.
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Mutation
Definition
Any change/error in DNA.
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Frameshift mutation
Definition
A mutation in which a single base is added to or deleted from DNA.
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