BIO 210 GENETICS FINAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023/2024 | RATED A+

BIO 210 GENETICS FINAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023/2024 | RATED A+ A nucleotide is made up of what 3 components? - Answerphosphate group, pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA), and a nitrogenous base What nitrogenous bases are purines - AnswerAdenine and Guanine What nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines? - Answercytosine, thymine, uracil How can you differentiate between purines and pyrimidines? - Answerpurines are double-ringed while pyrimidines are single-ringed What are the differences between DNA and RNA? - AnswerDNA: 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 - Answernucleoside: pentose sugar + nitrogenous base nucleotide: pentose sugar + nitrogenous base + phosphate group What type of bonds bind nucleotide chains? - AnswerPhosphodiester bonds What are the 4 requirements for a molecule to be genetic material? - Answer1.) 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 Where are chromosomes located? - Answercell's nucleus