DNA Vocabulary

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Adenine always pairs with

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Thymine

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These structures in the cell build proteins based on the code

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Ribosomes

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Blood cells have an abnormal shape because of a mutation in the DNA, causing _________________________ disease

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Sickle Cell

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The way an organism appears is called the

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Phenotype

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Front

DNA is made of repeating

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Nucleotides

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The basic unit of heredity is called a

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Gene

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The process by which DNA is copied to mRNA is called

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Transcription

Front

The molecule that carries genetic information from the nucleus to the ribosome is

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mRNA

Front

The structure that holds the genetic information in a cell is called

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DNA

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The different forms of a gene are known as

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Alleles

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