What is translation? - step from mRNA to a protein
What is the function of transcription? - copying genetic instructions from DNA to RNA
What is the purpose of translation? - to make protein
What does DNA stand for? - Deoxyribonucleic acid
What does RNA stand for? - Ribonucleic acid
What is a chromosome? - A piece of DNA that contains part of the cells total genetic information
What is a gene? - A section of DNA
What is the relationship between a protein and a gene? - Genes are DNA sequences instruct cells to
produce particular proteins, which in turn determine traits
What is a triplet? - 3 bases in DNA
What is a codon? - a sequence of three nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in a DNA or
RNA molecule.
Name the 4 nitrogenous bases that are present in the DNA molecule. - Thymine, Adenine, Guanine, and
Cytosine
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