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Describe the Central Dogma of Biology
Where does replication take place?
Where does transcription take place?
Where does translation take place?
State the base pair rules.
During protein synthesis;
What does mRNA do?
What does rRNA do?
What does tRNA do?
What are the components of nucleic acid
nucleotides?
Explain what causes the base pair rules.
Compare and contrast DNA and RNA.
Explain why the base pair rules lead to a
uniform width of DNA molecules.
Describe the process of DNA replication and
explain why it is considered
“semiconservative”..
What is the start codon?
What role does DNA polymerase play in
replication?
What amino acid does the start codon code
for?
When does replication occur?
What is the purpose of the anti-codon?
What is a codon?
Describe what occurs during a frameshift
mutation.
What is a mutation?
Describe what occurs during a base pair
substitution mutation.
Explain why all mutations do not necessarily
have a negative impact on the protein or on
the organism as a whole.
Explain which type of mutation has the
potential least effect on the protein.
Describe the process of transcription.
What is a mutagen?
What is the primary enzyme in transcription.
Give examples of mutagens.
What type of cell must a mutation occur in to
be passed on to offspring?
Given the DNA nucleotide sequence of
G T C AA G TAT
What is the mRNA transcribed?
How many codons are there in this sequence?
What are the amino acids coded for?
Why are there usually multiple copies of
mRNA produced from a single gene?
What is Chargaff’s rule.
If a gene segment of DNA is 150 base pairs
long and contains 65 Adenine nucleotides,
calculate the amount of the remaining DNA
nucleotides within the gene.