DNA Ch 12 Sec 1& 2

There are around (a)   million DNA bases.

What is the acronym for deoxyribonucleic acid?

Which of the following are purine bases

• adenine & cytosine

• cytosine & thymine

• thymine & guanine

• guanine & adenine

What do they call the shape of DNA called?

DNA replication occurs during ______ of mitosis and meiosis.

Parental strands of DNA, separate, serve as a template, and produce DNA that has__________.

• two new strands of DNA

• one strand of parental DNA and one strand of new DNA

• two strands of Parental DNA

Which of the following are pyrimidine bases?

• guanine & thymine

• adenine & cytosine

• cytosine & thymine

• adenine & guanine

What does cytosine(C) pair with? C=?

• adenine (A)

• guanine (G)

• thymine (T)

What does adenine (A) pair with? A=?

• thymine (T)

• guanine (G)

• cytosine (C)

_____ is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains.