Genetics Flashcard

Front

What structures within the cell contain the organism’s genome?

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Chromosomes

Front

What molecule makes up genes and contains instructions for building proteins?

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DNA

Front

What are the "handrails" or "ladder sides" of DNA made of?

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Phosphate and deoxyribose

Front

What is the central dogma of biology?

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DNA is transcribed into RNA

Front

What is the sequence of three bases on tRNA that matches with the mRNA codon?

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Anticodon

Front

In DNA to protein synthesis, where is mRNA translated into a protein?

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Cytoplasm

Front

Which of the following is a characteristic of DNA? Options: Single-stranded, has uracil, ribose sugar; Double-stranded, has thymine, deoxyribose sugar; Single-stranded, has thymine, ribose sugar; Double-stranded, has uracil, deoxyribose sugar

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Double-stranded, has thymine, deoxyribose sugar

Front

Which of the following is a characteristic of RNA? Options: Double-stranded, has thymine, deoxyribose sugar; Single-stranded, has uracil, ribose sugar; Double-stranded, has uracil, ribose sugar; Single-stranded, has thymine, deoxyribose sugar

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Single-stranded, has uracil, ribose sugar

Front

What type of mutation causes a stop codon, ending translation early? Options: Nonsense, Silent, Missense, Duplication

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Nonsense

Front

What is a deletion mutation?

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A segment of the chromosome is missing