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Which enzyme involved in DNA replication also plays a role in nucleotide excision repair?

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Do all somatic cells in an organism have the same DNA?

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In what form does DNA contain information?

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How does DNA lead to specific traits in an organism?

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How does a single faulty gene result in the dramatic appearance of an albino deer?

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What is the process by which DNA directs protein synthesis called?

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What is the direction of genetic information flow in cells or organisms?

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What concept describes the governance of cells by a chain of command?

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What is the chain of command in the central dogma of molecular biology?

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What is the process of converting DNA to RNA in the nucleus called?

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What is the process of converting RNA to protein in the cytoplasm called?

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What does RNA act as a bridge between?

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What is produced during the process of transcription?

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What is transcription the synthesis of?

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What is translation the synthesis of?

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What are ribosomes the sites of, and what do they produce?

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In which type of cells can translation of mRNA begin before transcription has finished?

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In which type of cells does the nuclear envelope separate transcription from translation, requiring RNA processing to yield finished mRNA?

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What is the end product of transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

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How is the information or language in DNA translated?

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What is the genetic code, and how many of the 64 codons code for amino acids?

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What can codons code for?

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Which statement is true about polypeptides and proteins?

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What enzyme catalyzes RNA synthesis by prying the DNA strands apart and hooking together the RNA nucleotides?

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What is the DNA sequence where RNA polymerase attaches called?

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Where does transcription stop?

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What is the stretch of DNA that is transcribed called?

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What are the phases of transcription?

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What components are involved in the initiation phase of transcription?

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What do promoters signal in transcription?

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What role do transcription factors play in transcription?

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What is the transcription initiation complex?

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What is crucial in forming the initiation complex in eukaryotes?

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What happens during the elongation phase of transcription?

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When does termination of transcription occur?

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What does the 5' end of a pre-mRNA molecule receive?

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What does the 3' end of a pre-mRNA molecule receive?

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What are introns?

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What are exons?

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What is RNA splicing?

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How does the transcript product (pre-mRNA) differ from mRNA?

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What are the three molecular components involved in translation?

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What is produced by transcription?

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What is tRNA and what is its function?

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What is an anticodon and what is its role?

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What are ribosomes and what do they consist of?

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What is the function of the P site (peptidyl-tRNA binding site) on a ribosome?

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What is the function of the A site (aminoacyl-tRNA site) on a ribosome?

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What is the function of the E site on a ribosome?

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What occurs during the initiation phase of translation?

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What occurs during the elongation phase of translation?

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When does termination of translation occur?

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What is a mutation?

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What causes sickle cell disease?

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What are the two general categories of mutations within a gene?

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What are base substitutions?

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What are the possible results of base substitutions?

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What is a silent mutation?

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What is an insignificant change due to a mutation?

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What is a change crucial to the life of an organism due to a mutation?

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What are in-del mutations and their effects?

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