DNA Central Dogma

What information is available from the table? (mark all that apply)

• mRNA

• tRNA

• Amino acids

• Start anticodon

• Stop codon

The "central dogma" states that genetic information flows from 

• Protein-->mRNA-->DNA

• Protein-->DNA-->mRNA

• mRNA-->DNA-->Protein

• DNA-->mRNA-->Protein

Which do DNA and RNA have in common?

• Both are double stranded.

• Both contain ribose molecules.

• Both contain phosphate groups.

• Both contain uracil.

Which defines a codon in DNA or mRNA?

• pair of nucleic acid and sugar

• pair of phosphate and sugar

• three-base code

• two-base code

What is the result of transcription?

• The synthesis of RNA from protein

• The synthesis of protein from RNA

• The synthesis of protein from DNA

• The synthesis of RNA from DNA

What is the result of translation?

• The synthesis of RNA from protein

• The synthesis of protein from RNA

• The synthesis of protein from DNA

• The synthesis of RNA from DNA

The DNA sequence UAGCGAUUACGU is part of a gene. How many amino acids are coded for by this sequence?

• 20

• 4

• 8

• 12

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The process to go from mRNA to a protein is called ____

• transcription

• rRNA

• replication

• translation

What is the name for when DNA makes another copy of itself?

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• duplication

What is the central dogma of biology?

• DNA to RNA to protein

• RNA to protein to DNA

• DNA to protein to RNA

• protein to DNA to RNA

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