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-DNA must replicate before cell division (mitosis or meiosis)
-DNA replicaiton is very accurate
-synthesis errors occur |
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| transcription, translation, and regulation |
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-reason that changes in DNA can cause disorder
-order of nucleotides (building blocks) in DNA through this process determines order of amino acids in protien
-changes in DNA can change proteins |
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process of making proteins start from piece of DNA, then transctiption and translation happens
-can change what proteins made for DNA
-this causes diseases
-order of amino acids determines shape and function of proteins |
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| -direct estimate of number of mutations that are passed from parent to child |
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