LECTURE VIII

One cause of mutation is when nucleotides get matched up incorrectly.

• TRUE

• FALSE

it involves the production of RNA from a gene.

• Translation

• Transcription

It involves the production of proteins by ribosomes using RNA.

• Translation

• Transcription

Non-functional gene products that cause disease.

• Phenylketonuria

• Lack of enzyme

• Tay sachs

• Albinism

• AOTA

Discovered that genes act by regulating definite chemical events.

• Griffith

• Beadle

• Tatum

• Meselson

Transcription occurs in?

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• NOTA

Translation takes place in the ribosomes in the cell?

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

• NOTA

A theory that states that genetic information flows only in one direction, from DNA → RNA → protein.

Types of RNA

• Messenger RNA

• Transform RNA

• Ribosomal RNA

A type of RNA that is made in the nucleolus.

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA