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DNA: Structure, Function, and Discovery
|. The Structure of DNA.
DNAs made up of repeating units called
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4. Agroup of three nucleotides that codes for a particular amino acid to make up a traits called @
5. How does DNA serve as 2 genetic code? What does it code for?
6. Circle the appropriate word or phase found in the brackets to complete the sentence.
DNA sa (circle one) [doutle | single | stranded molecule. tis connected at the nitrogen bases by onic |
hydrogen] bonds. The nitrogen bases are { complementary | random] to each other. The two strands make
up the [triple backbone | double helix |
7. Fill out the table below that best represents the complementary bases found in DNA nucleotides. Then
complete the model at right by writing the letter abbreviation of each complementary nitrogen base.
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8, The outer parts of the
double helix make up
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1. The Function of DNA- DNA provides instructions for the traits of an organism.
9. Which part of the ONA specifically codes for traits?
10. DNA provides the instructions for the physical characterstics of living things. This may include blood
type (which is determined by proteins on the outside of red blood cells, eye color, bone structure, skin
color, etc. How does the DNA within cells determine an organisms traits? Hint: proteins)
11. Fill n the boxes to put the following terms in the order that best explains the flow of physical
characteristics from DNA to proteins: amino acids, DNA, peptide chain, RNA
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12, How isit that some people have different DNA than others? What exactly about the
DNA is diferent?
IL Discovery of DNA
Rosalind Franklin | 13, Franklin worked with Maurice Wikkins in the lab to help perfect X-
ray crystallography, where her famous photo, Photo 51, helped reveal
DNAS structure,
Maurice Wilkins | 14. His X~ay diffraction studies helped reveal the helical nature of
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Erwin Chargaff 15. Discovered that DNA nucleotides was composed of 50% purines
‘and 50% pyrimidines, which lead to the
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‘James Watson and | 16. Used the works of other scientists to deduce that DNAS shape was
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