Dominant Allele - ️️an allele that dominates or masks the presence of another allele and
is fully expressed
Dominant trait - ️️the trait that is expressed from a dominant allele
Recessive allele - ️️the trait that is completely masked and is not expressed
Recessive trait - ️️a g...
Biochemistry WGU C785 - Module 1
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Hydrophilic - ✔️✔️Having an affinity for water.
Hydrophobic - ✔️✔️substances that are not soluble in water. Hydrophobic substances
include large, uncharged particles like fats and oils
solvent - ✔️✔️A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
Solute - ✔️✔️A substance that is dissolved in a solution.
Adhesive - ✔️✔️Having the ability to stick to other surfaces.
Cohesive - ✔️✔️having the ability to stick together
Heat of Vaporization - ✔️✔️The amount of energy required for the liquid at its boiling point
to become a gas
Anticodon - ✔️✔️Three-base sequence in a transfer RNA molecule base that pairs with a
complementary codon in mRNA
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology - ✔️✔️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
Codon - ✔️✔️A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that
provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid
DNA - ✔️✔️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.
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