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Name _____________________
Date ______
Period ___
DNA Alias Graffiti
DNA review questions:
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What does DNA stand for?
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What does our DNA determine about us?
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What are the 4 nitrogen bases that make up
DNA? (name and abbreviation)
Some other DNA information:
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Our entire set of DNA (each cell) contains a
little over _________________ nitrogen bases
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All of those bases are grouped into 3’s
o each group of 3 is called a ___________
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There are names for each possible type of
____________. (This is often called a DNA
alias)
Procedure: You will be making a poster to show
your DNA alias.
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Write out your name in the space provided
on the next page.
Use the additional page provided to convert
your regular name to its DNA alias.
Find each letter of your name on the chart.
Look at the “Simplified Codon” column to
find the DNA code for each letter.
Replace each letter of your name with its
3-letter codon.
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Now make your poster:
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Remember this is a DNA Graffiti poster.
Each letter should have a different color
to represent it.
i. so you should have 4 colors for the
letters on your poster
ii. make sure they are kept consist
through out
Make sure it is colorful and neat
Our Alphabet
A
Amino Acid Name
Simplified Codon
Alanine
GCT
B
GCA (Alanine)
C
Cysteine
TGC
D
Aspartic acid
GAT
E
Glutamic acid
GAG
F
Phenylalanine
TTT
G
Glycine
GGG
H
Histidine
CAT
I
Isoleucine
ATA
J
ATC (Isoleucine)
K
Lysine
AAG
L
Leucine
CTC
M
Methionine
ATG
N
Asparagine
GAC
O
GAT (Asparagine)
P
Proline
CCC
Q
Glutamine
GAG
R
Arginine
CGT
S
Serine
TCA
T
Threonine
ACT
U
ACG (Threonine)
V
Valine
GTC
W
Tryptophan
TGG
X
Y
Z
GTA (Valine)
Tyrosine
TAC
TAT (Tyrosine)