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Biochemistry WGU C785 - Module 1 Questions and Answers1. Hydrophilic: Answer- Having an affinity for water.
2. Hydrophobic: Answer- substances that are not soluble in water.
Hydrophobic sub- stances include large, uncharged particles like
fats and oils
3. solvent: Answer- A liquid substance capable of dissolving other
substances
4. Solute: Answer- A substance that is dissolved in a solution.
5. Adhesive: Answer- Having the ability to stick to other surfaces.
6. Cohesive: Answer- having the ability to stick together
7. Heat of Vaporization: Answer- The amount of energy required for the
liquid at its boiling point to become a gas
8. Anticodon: Answer- Three-base sequence in a transfer RNA molecule
base that pairs with a complementary codon in mRNA
9. Central Dogma of Molecular Biology: Answer- DNA -> RNA -> Protein
This paradigm was formulated by Grancis Crick: First, a portion of the
DNA, a gene, is transcribed to produce a complementary strand of
RNA; then RNA is translated into protein
10.Codon: Answer- A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a
strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a
particular amino acid
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, 11.DNA: Answer- deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material
present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of
chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
12.Dominant Allele: an allele that dominates or masks the presence of
another allele and is fully expressed
13.Dominant trait: the trait that is expressed from a dominant allele
14.Recessive allele: the trait that is completely masked and is not
expressed
15.Recessive trait: a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a
dominant factor
16.Epigenetics: the study of environmental influences on gene
expression that occur without a DNA change
17.Exons: expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protein
18.Gene Expression: process by which a gene produces its product
and the product carries out its function
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