DNA and the genetic code

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What is DNA?
A nucleic acid
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Who is credited to the discovery of DNA in 1953?
Watson and Crick
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Who used X-Ray crystallography to work out the structure of DNA?
Wilkins and Franklin
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DNA has...
Two long chains of alternating sugar and phosphate molecules
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The chains of DNA are twisted into a shape called a...
Double helix
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The chains of DNA in the structure are joined by....
Bases
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The order of the bases forms a...
Code
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The order of the bases decides which _________ are linked together to form different ________
Amino acids + proteins
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The base 'Adenine' A always joins in a pair to....
Thymine T
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The base 'Guanine' G always joins in a pair to....
Cytosine C
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DNA stands for...
Deoxyribose nucleic acid
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