Vocab Practice Cell Division & Genetics

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Tightly coiled strand of DNA that contains genes

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Chromosome

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Complementary 3 nucleotides on tRNA

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Anticodon

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A section of DNA (and thus of a chromosome) that has instructions to code for a protein

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Gene

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The monomer of nucleic acids

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Nucleotide

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Makes up the structure of the ribosome

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rRNA

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The process by which DNA is copied to make RNA

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Transcription

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The process by which RNA is used to synthesize proteins

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Translation

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A change in the DNA sequence that can lead to genetic diversity

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Mutation

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The observable traits of an organism

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Phenotype

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The genetic makeup of an organism

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Genotype