Modern Genetics

Section or part of DNA that contains a code for a trait

• Gene

• Chromosome

• Genotype

• Karyotype

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When the DNA unzips, the bases pair up, a backbone is formed, two new strands of DNA are formed

• DNA Duplication

• DNA Synthesis

• DNA Replication

• DNA Creation

A characteristic that is passed from one generation to the next

• Trait

• Gene

• Chromosome

• DNA

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Part of the cell which directs all metabolic activity and stores genetic information

• DNA

• Ribosome

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

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Adenine, Thymine, cytosine, guanine

• Nucleotides

• Nitrogen bases

• Hydrogen bonds

• Peptide Bases

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Deoxyribonucleic acid; material found in all cells that contain genetic information

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Used during the first phase of protein synthesis;

it takes the genetic message from DNA to the ribosome

• rRNA

• tRNA

• mRNA

• DNA

Changes in DNA sequences that affect genetic information are known as...

• Replication

• Mutations

• Transformation

• Translation

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DNA codes for...

• cholesterol

• proteins

• fatty acids

• a sandwich

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Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix

• contains ribose

• made of amino acids

• contains Uracil

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