Genetics

2. structure of DNA
8. thymine bonds with ____
9. nucleotide changes but amino acid doesn't
10. amino acid chain takes on its final shape and becomes a protein
11. DNA is copied to create an identical strand of DNA
13. nucleotide changes and causes an amino acid to change
14. nucleotide changes, creates/destroys a start stop codon
15. three nucleotide sequence that codes for an amino acid
16. cytosine bonds with ___
19. inserts or deletes one or more nucleotides so the "reading frame" is shifted

1. building block of proteins
3. random change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA
4. affects a single nucleotide, usually by substituting one nucleotide for another
5. ribosomes "read" the mRNA and use the information to build proteins
6. large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body
7. DNA is copied as mRNA which can then travel outside the nucleus
11. reads mRNA
12. guanine bonds with ____
17. DNA is composed of four ___
18. adenine bonds with ____