Chapter 17: Q. 17.120 (page 616)
Why are there no base pairs in DNA between adenine and guanine or thymine and cytosine?
Short Answer
Two purines and two pyrimidines combined would just take up too much room in the region between the two strands.
Chapter 17: Q. 17.120 (page 616)
Why are there no base pairs in DNA between adenine and guanine or thymine and cytosine?
Two purines and two pyrimidines combined would just take up too much room in the region between the two strands.
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What is the anticodon on tRNA for each of the following codons in an mRNA?
a. GUG b. CCC c. GAA
Match each of the following processes with one of the items role="math" localid="1653289986606" :
replication of DNA transcription translation recombinant DNA reverse transcription
a. amino acids are linked together
b. RNA template is used to synthesize DNA,
c. helicase unwinds DNA,
d. genetic information is transferred from DNA,
e. sticky ends join new DNA segment.
What is a DNA fingerprint?
What amino acid is coded for by each of the following mRNA codons?
a. CCA b. AAC c. GGU d. AGG
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