DNA and RNA Basics

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What is the shape of DNA?

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Double Helix

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What is the shape of RNA?

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Single Strand

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What is the name of the sugar found in DNA?

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Deoxyribose

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What is the name of the sugar found in RNA?

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Ribose

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Deletion

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mutation where a base is deleted

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Silent Mutation

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a type of substitution mutation. no change to amino acids

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one protein is made of

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a chain of amino acids

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Nucleus

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where transcription takes place

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mRNA

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type of RNA that carries copies of instructions from DNA

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protein

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made by joining amino acids into polypeptides