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16 Cards in this Set
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DNA
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Stores and transmits the genetic information from one generation to the next (deoxyribose nucleic acid)
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Nucleotide
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"each nucleotide is made up of 3 basic units 5 carbon sugar called deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base."
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Nitrogen Base
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"There are 4 nitrogen bases in DNA, Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine"
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Polymer
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A group of monomers or small moleculers that have joined together
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Monomer
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Small molecules that can be joined together to form larger Polymers
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haploid
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cells that contain only a single set of chromosomes
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base pairing
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A nitrogen bases can only form a hydrogen bonds between certain bases. Adenine and Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine
Double Helix The shape of DNA, two strands are wound around each other. |
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Double Helix
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The shape of DNA, two strands are wound around each other.
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Ribosomal RNA
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"RNA molecules that make up ribosomes, where proteins are assembled (They create ribosomes rRNA)"
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Messenger RNA
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RNA molecules that carry copies of the DNA to the rest of the cell (They carry the DNA Message mRNA)
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Transfer RNA
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RNA molecules that transfers each amino acid to the ribosome (They transfer Amino Acids tRNA)
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Codon
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They are 3 consecutive nucleotides found on mRNA that specify a particular amino acid (Pair with Anticodon)
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Anticodon
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They are 3 consecutive nucleotides found on tRNA that specify a particular amino acid (pair with Codon)
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Transcription
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The process that produces RNA molecules in the nucleous
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Mutation
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Changes in the genetic material
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Amino Acid
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small compounds that are carried to ribosomes by tRNA and join together to to form polypeptide chains
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