DNA Structure and Replication

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Who is responsible for producing the X-ray crystallography image of DNA?

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Rosalind Franklin

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Why does DNA replicate?

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To create another copy for the new cell.

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Guanine bonds with which base?

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Cytosine

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What shape did Watson and Crick suggest DNA has?

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The shape of a double helix.

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What units are repeatedly joined together to form a strand of DNA?

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Nucleotides.

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What are the building blocks of DNA?

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Nucleotides, which consist of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.

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What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine.

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What is the role of DNA polymerase in DNA replication?

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DNA polymerase synthesizes new DNA strands by adding nucleotides complementary to the template strand.

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What is the significance of the double helix structure of DNA?

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It allows for the efficient storage of genetic information and the accurate replication of DNA.

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What is the process of transcription?

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Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.