genetics

• What does DNA stand for

  Deoxyribonucleic acid
• What is DNA made up of

  1. Phosphate
  2. Deoxyribose
  3. Nitrogenous bases
• What are the four Nitrogenous bases

  adenine

  thymine (uracil)

  cytosine

  guanine
• What is a nucleotide?

  a sugar molecule, phosphate group and nitrogen base which make up a single unit in a DNA strand
• Base Pair rule

  Adenine and Thymine

  Cytosine and Guanine