DNA Structure and Replication Review

pairs with adenine in an RNA molecule

• cytosine

• guanine

• thymine

• uracil

a collection of all the genes in a species

• proteome

• chromosome

• genome

• gene

the scientists responsible for discovering the phosphate-sugar backbone of DNA

• Francis Crick

• Rosalind Franklin

• James Watson

• Maurice Wilkins

the monomer of a nucleic acid (a molecule composed of 3 parts)

• fatty acid

• monosaccharide

• amino acid

• nucleotide

the single-stranded copy of DNA responsible for travel and the "dirty work" of making proteins

• deoxyribonucleic acid

• ribonucleic acid

• ribose

• deoxyribose

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, or uracil

• nucleotide

• genome

• nitrogen base

• nucleotide

provided a complete map of all human chromosomes and the traits carried on them

• Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

• James Watson and Francis Crick

• Human Genome Project

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

5-carbon sugar found in RNA

• uracil

• nitrogen base

• ribose

• deoxyribose

5-carbon sugar found in DNA

• uracil

• nitrogen base

• ribose

• deoxyribose

the process of making an exact copy of DNA (during interphase) for use in mitosis

• double helix

• replication

• genome

• human genome project