AQA Biology Unit 2: DNA

A quick quiz on the structure of DNA, the triplet code, and other similar stuff

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What is a gene?
Sections of DNA that contain coded info for making polypeptides
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What are the sections that do not code for amino acids called?
Introns
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Meiosis produces...
4 daughter cells with half the chromosomes as parent cell
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A locus is the...
position of gene on the chromosome or DNA molecule
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Genetic variation can occur through the independent segregation of homologous chromosomes and what else?
Recombination of homologous chromosomes by crossing over
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Card 2

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What are the sections that do not code for amino acids called?

Back

Introns

Card 3

Front

Meiosis produces...

Back

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Card 4

Front

A locus is the...

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Genetic variation can occur through the independent segregation of homologous chromosomes and what else?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

Comments

toni-louise

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to hard

Chris Broadbent

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Nice quiz, just i'd suggest having adenine and cytosine instead of A and C  as i'm not sure about other people but this threw me a little

Shelby Clark

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what was A and C at the end?? it confused me..

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