DNA Vocabulary

A single ringed nitrogen base in DNA: examples are thymine & cytosine

• Ribose

• Deoxyribose

• Purine

• Pyrimidine

The sugar found in DNA: located in the backbone of the molecule

• Deoxyribose

• Ribose

• Glucose

• Sucrose

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Makes up chromosomes: your genetic material

• DNA

• RNA

• Deoxyribose

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.

• Human Genome Project

• James Watson

• mRNA (messenger RNA)

• nucleotide

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

the rule that describes how nucleotides form bonds in DNA; adenine (A) always bonds with thymine (T), and guanine (G) always bonds with cytosine (C)

• base pairing rules

• DNA

• double helix

• Francis Crick

deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.

• base pairing rules

• DNA

• double helix

• Francis Crick

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

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• base pairing rules

• DNA

• double helix

• Francis Crick

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

An international collaborative effort to map and sequence the DNA of the entire human genome.

• Human Genome Project

• James Watson

• mRNA (messenger RNA)

• nucleotide

Built first accepted DNA model explaining specific structure and properties of DNA.

• Human Genome Project

• James Watson

• mRNA (messenger RNA)

• nucleotide

a nitrogenous base that has a double-ring structure; one of the two general categories of nitrogenous bases found in DNA and RNA; either adenine or guanine

• purine bases

• pyrimidine bases

• RNA

• Uracil

• Central Dogma of Biology