Bio 1 Chapter 8 Vocab

A set of three nucleotides on the tRNA molecule that is complementary to an mRNA codon

• anticodon
• translation
• mutation
• double helix

The rules stating that cytosine pairs with guanine and adenine pairs with thymine in DNA, and that adenine pairs with uracil in RNA

• base pairing rules
• transfer RNA (tRNA)
• mutagen
• DNA polymerase

Theory that states that, in cells, information only flows from DNA to RNA to proteins

• central dogma
• transcription
• messenger RNA (mRNA)
• codon

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid

• codon
• stop codon
• frameshift mutation
• central dogma

A group of enzymes that bond the new nucleotides together during replication

• DNA polymerase
• start codon
• double helix
• base pairing rules

Two strands of nucleotides wound about each other; structure/shape of DNA

• double helix
• RNA polymerase
• DNA polymerase
• anticodon

Mutation that involves the insertion or deletion of a nucleotide in the DNA sequence

• frameshift mutation
• RNA
• codon
• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell; codon sequence

• messenger RNA (mRNA)
• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
• central dogma
• replication

Agents in the environment that can change DNA

• mutagen
• replication
• base pairing rules
• nucleotide

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A change in an organism's DNA

• mutation
• nucleotide
• anticodon
• point mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2