BIO GENETICS 210 FINAL
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A nucleotide is made up of what 3 components? - correct-answer-phosphate
group, pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA), and a nitrogenous
base
What nitrogenous bases are purines - correct-answer-Adenine and Guanine
What nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines? - correct-answer-cytosine, thymine,
uracil
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How can you differentiate between purines and pyrimidines? - correct-answer-
purines are double-ringed while pyrimidines are single-ringed
What are the differences between DNA and RNA? - correct-answer-DNA: double
stranded, has deoxyribose sugar(hydroxyl group at 2' carbon), bases: A, T, G, C
RNA: single stranded, has ribose sugar(one oxygen is removed from the 2'
Carbon), bases: A, U, G, C
Nucleoside vs Nucleotide - correct-answer-nucleoside: pentose sugar +
nitrogenous base
nucleotide: pentose sugar + nitrogenous base + phosphate group
What type of bonds bind nucleotide chains? - correct-answer-Phosphodiester
bonds
What are the 4 requirements for a molecule to be genetic material? - correct-
answer-1.) Must contain important info to encode hereditary traits
2.) Must be capable of replication
3.) Must be capable of variation by mutation
4.) Must be able to express information
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Where are chromosomes located? - correct-answer-cell's nucleus
what is a centrosome? - correct-answer-location in the cell that contains
centrioles
What are centrioles? - correct-answer-microtubules that produce mitotic spindle
fibers, aids in cell division, and make up the cytoskeleton of the cell
How many centrioles are there for every centrosome? - correct-answer-2
centrioles/1 centrosome
How many copies of each type of chromosome does each eukaryotic cell typically
have? - correct-answer-2 copies
what are homologous chromosomes? - correct-answer-copies of the same type of
DNA
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What are non-homologous chromosomes? - correct-answer-copies of different
chromosomes with different DNA
What is mitosis? - correct-answer-cell division of one cell into 2 exact duplicates
What are the 3 codons that represent STOP? - correct-answer-UAA, UAG, UGA
What is the chemical composition of an amino acid? - correct-answer-Amino
group, carboxyl group, central carbon, and a variable R-group
How are amino acids linked in chains to form a protein? - correct-answer-Peptide
bond caused by peptidyl transferase
Describe the structure and function of rRNA - correct-answer-Ribosomal RNA-
forms the two subunits in a ribosome along with proteins.
The ribosome moves along the mRNA strand during proteins synthesis.