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Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
What does STR stand for?

Ans: short tandem repeats


What is the genome of an organism?

Ans: The entire genetic material of an organism (including all
of the chromosomes and the mitochondria).


What does PCR stand for?

Ans: polymerase chain reaction


protein synthesis

Ans: the formation of proteins by using information contained
in DNA and carried by mRNA


What is protein made of?

Ans: amino acids


What does tRNA do?

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Ans: It transfers amino acids to a growing protein chain on the
ribosome.


What does mRNA do?

Ans: it passes through the nuclear pores and goes to the
ribosomes to give the codes to make proteins


What does the A-T and G-C base pairing provide?

Ans: complementarity of the two strands and chemical stability
to the helix


What are the A-T and G-C base pairs also known as?

Ans: Genetic Code


What is a gene?

Ans: segment of DNA that codes for a protein


What is the central dogma of molecular biology?

Ans: DNA -> RNA -> Protein




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What does U replace in RNA?

Ans: T


A chain of amino acids is called

Ans: polypeptide


Mutations are responsible for

Ans: the huge diversity in genes between and among
organisms


Mutations

Ans: -are random
-happen during DNA replication
-mutagens


What do mutations change?

Ans: Mutations change the genetic information of a cell


What do mutations do?




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