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Study of inheritance andinheritable traits as expressed in an organism's genetic material
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Genetics |
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The entire genetic complement of anorganism
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Genome |
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Includes its genes and nucleotidesequences
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Genome |
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consistsof a nitrogenous base, a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), without the phosphate group.
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Nucleoside |
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A nucleoside becomes a ________ when one to three phosphate groups are added. |
Nucleotide |
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Each nucleotide consists of 3 portions: |
pentose sugar (ribose)
one or more phosphate groups one of five cyclic nitrogenous bases (G, C, T, A, U) |
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Themajor classes of organic
macromolecules are |
carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.
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What are nucleic acids?
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Polymers of nucleotides
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WhatAre Nucleotides?
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Monomers (subunits) of nucleic acids.
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Two types of nucleic acids |
DNA & RNA |
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