161-170 Vocab

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Bonds in DNA form between adenine & thymine, guanine & cytosine.

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base pairing

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Repetitive DNA at the end of a eukaryotic chromosome.

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telomere

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Single-stranded nucleic acid with ribose sugar

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ribonucleic acid

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Enzyme in DNA replication.

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DNA polymerase

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Type of RNA that carries protein assembly instructions from DNA to ribosome.

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messenger RNA

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Process synthesizing RNA from DNA template.

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Transcription

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Type of RNA that forms ribosomes.

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ribosomal RNA

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A long chain of amino acids that makes proteins.

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Polypeptide

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Type of RNA that carries amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis.

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transfer RNA

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Collection of mRNA codons directing amino acid incorporation in protein synthesis.

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genetic code