What were the contributions of the following people to the discovery of DNA structure: Chargaff, Franklin, and Watson & Crick? 5. What is the end resu...
Chapter 12 & 13 Review Sheet Define and memorize the following terms: Promoter
Codon
Point mutation
Inversion
Mutation
Central Dogma
Deletion mutation
Translocation
Gene
1.
What are the 3 things that DNA does with genetic information?
2.
Draw and label the 3 parts of a DNA nucleotide. What are the 4 possible nitrogenous bases found in DNA?
3.
What does Chargaff’s Rule of base pairing state?
4.
What were the contributions of the following people to the discovery of DNA structure: Chargaff, Franklin, and Watson & Crick?
5.
What is the end result of DNA replication?
6.
If a strand of DNA with a base sequence of ATGGCTAA undergoes replication, what will its complementary strand be?
7.
What is the role of DNA polymerase in the process of DNA replication?
8.
What are the differences between RNA and DNA?
9.
What are the 3 types of RNA and what function do they serve in the process of protein synthesis?
10. This figure represents the genetic code. Use the figure to answer the following questions: a. Which amino acid is represented by the mRNA code GAC?
b.
List the possible mRNA codes for the amino acid Valine.
c.
How is the genetic code ALWAYS read?
d.
What codons cause translation to stop?
11. What happens during transcription? What happens during translation? Where does each process occur?
12. What type of bond binds the phosphates and sugars in a DNA molecule? What bonds the nitrogenous bases?
13. What are the 3 main parts of an RNA nucleotide?
