DNA
• Avery and other scientists discovered that DNA is the nucleic acid
that stores and transmits the genetic information from one
generation of an organism to the next.
• Watson and Crick’s model of DNA was a double helix, in which
two strands were wounded around each other.
• Nucleotide – nucleic acid made up of a 5-carbon sugar, a
phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base
• There are four nitrogenous bases: Thymine (T), Adenine (A),
Guanine (G), Cytosine (C)
• Base pairing – principle that bonds in DNA can form only
between A and T and between G and C.
CHROMOSOMES AND DNA REPLICATION
• During DNA replication, the DNA molecule separates into two
strands, then produces two new complementary strands following
the rules of base pairing.
• Each strand of the double helix serves as a template, or model,
for the new strand.
• Chromatin – granular material visible within the nucleus, consists
of DNA tightly coiled around proteins
• Replication – copying process by which cells duplicate its DNA
• DNA polymerase – enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins
individual nucleotides to produce a DNA molecule
RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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There are three main types of RNA: messenger RNA (mRNA), ribosomal RNA
(rRNA), and transfer RNA (tRNA).
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During transcription, RNA polymerase binds to DNA and separates the DNA
strands. RNA polymerase the uses one strand of DNA as a template from which
nucleotides are assembled into a strand of RNA. When assembling the RNA
strand, Thymine is replaced by Uracil (U).
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During translation, the cell uses information from mRNA to produce proteins.
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Gene – sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait.
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mRNA – RNA molecule that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of
amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell
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rRNA – type of RNA that makes up the major part of ribosomes
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tRNA – type of RNA molecule that transfers amino acids to ribosomes during
protein synthesis
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Codon – three-nucleotide sequence of mRNA that codes for a single amino acid.
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Anticodon – group of three bases on a tRNA molecule that are complementary to
an mRNA codon.
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Promoter – region of DNA that indicates to an enzyme where to bind to make RNA
MUTATIONS
• Mutations are changes in genetic material.
• Gene mutations result from changes in a single gene.
• Chromosomal mutations involve changes in whole chromosomes.
• Frameshift mutation – mutation that shifts the “reading” frame
of the genetic message by inserting or deleting a nucleotide.
• Point mutation – gene mutations involving changes in one or a
few nucleotides
Insertion – a base is inserted into the DNA sequence
Deletion – a base is deleted from the DNA sequence
Substitution – a base is changed for another in a DNA sequence
CHAPTER 12 ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
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