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Mary Clancy Mr. Sharp Science 8th 1/7/2021 …
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DNA
James Watson/Francis Crick
uncover true structure of DNA
1953
double helix
Resembles a twisted ladder
structure of DNA
nucleotide
combination of three things
phospate, sugar, one base
bases “A” “T”
Adenine
Thymine
bases “G” “C”
Guanine
Cytosine
replication
mutation
mutagens
may cause mutations
factors in the environment
mistakes in duplication
process of duplicating DNA
RNA
ribosome
translation
process of making proteins
in the ribosomes
organelles made of protein and RNA
Ribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid stores inherited characteristics