Name_______________________________________________________________________________________ Date_____________________ Period________________ DNA and RNA WEBQUEST
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Genes pass on hereditary information. Genes can be in two forms: DNA and RNA. DNA Discovery: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53dn.html
- How did Oswald Avery contribute to the discovery of DNA?
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When did the race to discovery DNA take place?
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Briefly describe what Watson and Crick and Franklin contributed to the discovery of DNA.
 Watson and Crick
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Franklin
DNA Basics: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics/dna
- What does DNA stand for?
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What is DNA?
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What is a nucleotide?
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What are bases?
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How do the bases pair up?
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Play this game to practice pairing up base pairs:
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/dnahelix.html
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DNA Structure: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/dna_molecule.php (and internal link)
- What structure does DNA have?
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What does double helix mean?
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How are the bases connected?
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What does it mean to call the DNA double helix antiparallel? http://cnx.org/content/m11411/latest/
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Label these key parts on the DNA molecule: sugar, phosphate, backbone, bases, hydrogen bonds, nucleootide
RNA Basics and Structure: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/lifecycle/138.asp
- List the two similarities and two differences between DNA and RNA:
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Differences:
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DNA Mutations: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/mutationsanddisorders?show=all#genemutation
- What is a genetic mutation?
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Explain the two ways genetic mutations occur and the names they are given.
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