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DNA
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a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
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Components of DNA
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Sugar, nitrogen-containing base, phosphate
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Chargaff's Rule
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[A]=[T] and [G]=[C], they pair up across from one another forming two strands also called base pairing.
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Base Pairing
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principle that bonds in DNA can form only between adenine and thymine and between guanine and cytosine
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Double Helix
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a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis
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Replication
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the act of making copies
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DNA Polymerase
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enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins individual nucleotides to produce a DNA molecule
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Telomere
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either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome
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Sentence
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DNA stands for deoxyribionucleic acid.
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DNA replication occurs in the nucleus of the cell.
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