DNA Structure and Function

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What type of bonds connect adenine to thymine in DNA?

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Hydrogen bonds.

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What is known as the 'Blueprint of Life'?

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DNA.

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What is the complementary base to adenine in DNA?

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Thymine.

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Who stated that the proportion of adenine equals thymine and cytosine equals guanine?

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Chargaff.

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What is the complementary strand of DNA for ATGG?

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TACC.

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What are the building blocks of DNA called?

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Nucleotides.

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What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine.

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What is the shape of the DNA molecule?

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Double helix.

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What is the function of DNA?

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To store and transmit genetic information.

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What is the process called when DNA makes a copy of itself?

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Replication.