Protein Synthesis and Mutations

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Muscle cells differ from nerve cells mainly because they

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express different genes.

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Which units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA? Options: amino acids, nucleotides, fatty acids, polysaccharides

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nucleotides

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What mutation has occurred here? T-G-A-C-C-A T-G-A-G-C-A Options: Substitution, Deletion, Insertion, Frameshift

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Substitution

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What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?

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Leucine

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What process is going on in this photo? Options: Transcription, Translation, Replication, All the above

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Translation

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A mutation is a _______________ in the nucleotide base sequence of a gene.

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change

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In RNA, Uracil pairs with ______. Options: cytosine, adenine, guanine, thymine

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adenine

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I carry a copy of the Genetic info from the nucleus to the ribosome. Who Am I?

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mRNA

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A triplet (3 bases) of mRNA is called a

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codon

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Amino acids are joined together in order to form

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proteins