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Biology 20
Pre-Lab #10 DNA & Protein Synthesis Summer 2013
Name:
PLEASE TYPE your answers below and submit them at the beginning of lab Wednesday.
Please read the lab for this Tuesday 10 July 2013 and answer the following questions:
1. If one side of DNA reads: A T C G A T C G, what would the complimentary side be?
2. Complete the complimentary base pairing between DNA and RNA in the Table below:
DNA
RNA
A
T
C
G
A
T
A
3. Name the molecule that has the codons.
4. What do the codons code for?
5. The flow of information for making proteins is DNA  RNA  Protein. Indicate how genotype and phenotype are
associated with the flow of information.
6. Would changing one nucleotide base in DNA have an effect on the protein that’s produced?
7. In nature, what determines whether a mutation is a “good” or a “bad” mutation?