Biology Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz

(a)   a group of 20 chemicals that make up a protein.

 sequence of three nitrogen bases in DNA or mRNA that codes for an amino acid

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 one or more nucleotides is removed from a DNA sequence

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Gametes and the cells that form gametes of an organism

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 One or more nucleotides is added to a DNA sequenceInsertion mutation

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 Coding strand of RNA that carries genetic information from the DNA to ribosomes where it then specifies how to build proteins

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Change in DNA sequence

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A group of organic molecules that includes DNA and RNA, which store and transmit genetic information used for protein synthesis

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 The building blocks of nucleic acids consisting of a sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base

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Cellular process used to make proteins, which includes transcription and translation

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