DNA Replication Tutorial
Biology H
http://www.hartnell.edu/tutorials/biology/dnareplication.html
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What must a cell do before undergoing cell division?
What are three roles of DNA?
What are the chemical components of DNA?
Draw and label the 5 carbon sugar.
What does antiparallel mean?
What are the base pairs? How many bonds hold each pair together?
Draw and label the DNA molecule.
How does each strand act as a template for replication?
What does semi-conservative replication mean?
What are the 7 important players in replication? Describe the function of each.
What is an origin of replication?
What is a replication fork?
What does DNA Pol III do?
Why is directionality important to replication?
Draw and label the diagram of a replication fork.
Describe the difference in how the leading strand and lagging strand are built?
What is an Okazaki fragment?
What is the role of DNA Pol I?
Watch and take notes on the animation.
Take the quiz. Write out the question, your answer and your score.