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What does DNA mean? |
Deoxyribonucleic Acids |
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Who discovered DNA? |
Johann Friedrich Miescher |
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When? |
1869 |
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What does DNA do? |
Copies itself Stores information Transmits information |
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What makes DNA? |
Nucleotides stacking on top of each other. |
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How did Johann Friedrich Miescher discover DNA? |
Isolated the nucleus of white blood cells and chemically extracted a substance he called nucleic (we call it nucleic acids). |
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What are the five bases? |
Adenine, Guanine, Cutosine, thymine, and uracil. |
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Nucleotides as a molecule made of three other molecules |
Phosphate, pentose sugar, and a nitrogenous base |
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Nucleic acids |
Macromolecules |
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