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DNA

  1. What does DNA stand for?
    Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  2. What are 2 functions of DNA?
    • Transmit genetic info to the next generation
    • Controls all cell activities including protein synnthesis
  3. Where is DNA found?
    Nucleus
  4. What is the shape of DNA?
    Doube helix
  5. What bases pair together?
    • A - T
    • C - G
  6. What hold the bases together?
    Hydrogen bonds
  7. What do the sides of DNA consist of?
    Alternating sugar and phosphate molecules
  8. Each rung consists of what?
    • One Purine
    • One Pyrimidine
  9. What are the three parts of a nuleotide?
    • Sugar (Deoxyribose)
    • Phosphate
    • Nitrogen Base
  10. Griffith
    Creepy mouse/pneumonia man
  11. Avery
    Redid Griffith
  12. Hershey-Chase
    The genetic material of the bactereophage was DNA, not protein
  13. Franklin
    X-ray
  14. Watson-Crick
    Developed double helix model
  15. Charaff
    • a=t
    • c=g
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Anonymous
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DNA
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