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DNA & Meiosis - definitions and important points

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3 characteristics of DNA

double helix strand, deoxyribose sugar, thymine and not uracil

process of DNA replication

process catalyzed by DNA polymerase - double helix unwinds - weak hydrogen bonds break - each single chain is exposed - free nucleotides become attached to partners - backbone forms

two stages of meiosis

meiosis 1: reduction division. Meiosis 2: copying division.

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Institution 12
Course Life Sciences (Biology)

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