inheritance, variation and evolution
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- What does DNA stand for?
- What is the role of DNA in a cell?
- What determines inherited characteristics in an organism?
- Where is DNA found in cells?
- How do chromosomes normally appear?
- What is DNA classified as?
- What is the structure of DNA?
- What is a gene?
- What does each gene code for?
- How many amino acids are used to make proteins?
- What determines the order of amino acids in a protein?
- What is the function of DNA in protein production?
- What is a genome?
- Why is understanding the human genome important?
- How can scientists trace human migration using genomes?
- What are nucleotides?
- What three components make up a nucleotide?
- What forms the backbone of DNA strands?
- What is complementary base pairing?
- How does the order of bases affect proteins?
- How many bases code for each amino acid?
- What happens to amino acids after they are coded?
- What are non-coding parts of DNA responsible for?
- Where are proteins made in the cell?
- What do carrier molecules do during protein synthesis?
- How does mRNA function in protein synthesis?
- What happens to a chain of amino acids after assembly?
- What is the function of enzymes?
- What is an example of a hormone?
- What are structural proteins?
- What is a mutation?
- How can mutations occur?
- What is a genetic variant?
- How do mutations affect proteins?
- What happens if an enzyme's active site shape changes?
- What can happen to structural proteins like collagen due to mutations?
- What are insertions in DNA mutations?
- How do insertions affect the reading of DNA?
- What are deletions in DNA mutations?
- How do deletions affect the reading of DNA?