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What are the three types of a nucleotide?
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phosphate group, nitrogen base, and five-carbon sugar molecule
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What nitrogen base is Adenine and Guanine?
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Purines
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What's a promoter?
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specific sequence of DNA that acts as a "start" signal for transcrption
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What's the difference between the messenger RNA and Transfer RNA?
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messenger RNA is an RNA copy of a gene used as a blueprint for a protein. Transfer RNA acts as an interpreter molecule, translating mRNA sequences into amino acids sequences
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What do anticoagulents help do?
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dissolve blood clots
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When were the first attempts made to use genetic engineering to combat genetic orders?
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1990
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What does glyphosphate kill?
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weeds
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How many genes did scientist think they were going to find for the Human Genome Project?
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100,000
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What can a oncogene cause?
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if mutated, can cause a cell to become cancerous
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