AP Bio Insta-Review Topic 6.1*: DNA & RNA Structure

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What is the primary source of genetic information?

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DNA/RNA

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Which organism has plasmids?

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Both bacteria and yeast

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In RNA or DNA, cytosine pairs with...

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Guanine

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Prokaryotic DNA is...

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Double stranded and circular

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Eukaryotic DNA is...

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Double stranded and linear

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What are the building blocks of DNA?

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Nucleotides (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine)

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What are the building blocks of RNA?

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Nucleotides (adenine, uracil, cytosine, guanine)

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What is the role of DNA polymerase?

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Enzyme that synthesizes new DNA strands during replication.

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What is the difference between DNA and RNA?

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DNA is double-stranded and contains thymine; RNA is single-stranded and contains uracil.

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What is the function of mRNA?

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Carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome for protein synthesis.