Bio 1 Chapter 8 Vocab

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Three nucleotides on tRNA complementary to mRNA codon

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anticodon

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Cytosine pairs with guanine, adenine with thymine in DNA, and adenine with uracil in RNA.

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base pairing rules

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Theory stating info flows from DNA to RNA to proteins

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central dogma

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Three-nucleotide sequence on mRNA coding for an amino acid

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codon

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Enzymes that bond new nucleotides during replication

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DNA polymerase

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Structure of DNA: Two strands of nucleotides wound together

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double helix

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Mutation involving insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in DNA

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frameshift mutation

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RNA that carries instructions for assembling amino acids into proteins from DNA to the cell.

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messenger RNA (mRNA)

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Agents that can change DNA

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mutagen

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Change in an organism's DNA

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mutation