BIO 340 Final (ASU) Exam and All Correct Answers 2025 Updated.

What is the name of the bond that joins one nucleotide to another in a DNA strand? - Answer phosphodiester bond In which strand of DNA would you expect to find more RNA during replication? - Answer The lagging strand In a DNA nucleotide, which carbon in the deoxyribose binds to the phosphate group? - Answer 5' Protein translation, RNA transcription & Hybridization all depend on what? - Answer Complementary Base Pairing Where does chromosome shortening occur? - Answer nuclei Where does chromosome shortening NOT occur? - Answer germ line - where sperm and eggs are dervied A double helix is made up of... - Answer two complementary strands What is transcription? - Answer The process of making RNA from DNA What is translation? - Answer the decoding of an mRNA message into a protein What is a genotype? - Answer (specific sequences of DNA) genetic makeup What are phenotypes? - Answer traits or characters expressed by an organism Adenine binds to what? - Answer Thymine (T) Guanine binds to what? - Answer Cytosine What does the 3' of the deoxyribose carbon carry? - Answer hydroxyl group