DNA STRUCTURE

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What does DNA stand for?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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What are the three components of a nucleotide?

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sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

Front

Guanine bonds with ______________.

Back

Cytosine

Front

Which two scientists are accredited with correctly deducing the double helix model of DNA?

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Watson and Crick

Front

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

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hydrogen bonds

Front

What is the shape of the DNA molecule?

Back

Double helix

Front

What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

Front

What is the function of DNA?

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To store and transmit genetic information.

Front

What is a gene?

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A segment of DNA that codes for a protein.

Front

What is the role of the sugar in a nucleotide?

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It forms the backbone of the DNA structure.