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The amount of guanine in an organism equals the amount of ____________?
Cytosine

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Stores all of the genetic material of a cell
DNA

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Is produced as a result of transcription
mRNA

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Makes up the majority of the structure of the ribosome
rRNA

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Is carried by a molecule of tRNA
Amino Acid

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The complementary strand of DNA for CCTAGCT during replication is ___________
GGATCGA

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What causes a mutation?
A mutagen

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DNA and RNA are which type of macromolecule?
Nucleic Acids

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Has a group of three bases called anticodons
tRNA

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A molecule made up of a phosphate, sugar and hydrogen base is called _________
A nucleotide

12. 3 - $100 The base pairing rule for DNA is _______
A pairs with T, and C pairs with G

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The enzyme responsible for adding nucleotides to the exposed DNA bases during replication is ______________.
DNA polymerase

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The two complementary strands of DNA (like A and T and C and G) are held together by ____________
Hydrogen bond

15. 3 - $400 Molecules of DNA are composed of long strands of __________.
Nucleotides

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Single strand, ribose sugar and contains uracil

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What molecule has the shape of a double helix?
DNA

18. 4 - $200 What is the function of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA)?
Store and transmit genetic information

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What do we call a substance that can cause changes in the nucleotide sequence that can lead to a mutation?
Mutagen

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What is the type of mutation that can alter DNA by the addition of a nucleotide called?
Insertion

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What can cause a frameshift mutation?
Insertion and deletion

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During transcription _________ is produced.
mRNA

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Each nucleotide triplet in mRNA that specifies a specific amino acid is called ___________
A codon

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Ribosome, protein

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What is produced during transcription and where does it take place?
mRNA, nucleus

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A mRNA strand is AGU ACA - what is the base sequence of the original DNA strand that produced the mRNA?
TCA TGT

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