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What is DNA associated with in eukaryotic organisms
Protein Histones
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What is the fixed position on a DNA molecule that a gene occupies?
loci
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What are non coding section of DNA called?
introns
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What does universal mean?
nearly all organisms have codons that code for the same amino acids
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What is an allele?
a version of a gene
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What are the sequences within a gene that code for an amino acid>
exons
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What is the stage in transcription where introns are removed from pre mRNA?
splicing
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What does degenerate mean?
amino acids are coded for by more than one codon
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What is a gene?
a base sequence that codes for amino acids or functional RNA
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What is a codon?
a sequence of bases on mRNA that correspond to a specific amino acid or stop signal
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What is a genome?
full set of genes in a cell
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What is proteome?
The full range of proteins a cell can produce
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What is a codon?
a sequence of 3 DNA bases
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