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What is DNA?
The metrical found inside the nucleus of cells
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What are the bases of DNA? how many are there?
4 bases, A-T, C-G
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What is a gene?
Sections of DNA that code for a protein
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What is a chromosome
Long threads of DNA Which contain many genes
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What is a genome?
One copy of an entire organisms DNA
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What two factors affect variation?
Genetic, adopted from the parents, and enviromental.
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What is the process of mitosis?
I-interphase: P-prophase(membrane around nucleus disappears) M: metaphase A; anaphase T:telophase(There are two new membranes formed) C: cytokenisis
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what is the end products of meiosis?
4 non identical haploid cells formed from a single diploid cell
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What is the correct calculation for the rate of an enzyme reaction?
Amount of substrate used / time taken
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What are enzymes? (definition)
Enzymes are biological catalyst which speed up reactions
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monoclonal antibodies
They are designed to bind to specific antigens
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What is a lymphocyte?
They create antibodies which bind pathogens together
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What is a phagocyte?
White blood cells that engulf pathogens then breaks them down using enzymes
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What is the purpose of an antitoxin? Where do they come from?
They come from lymphocytes and they neutralize toxins that come from pathogens
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4 bases, A-T, C-G

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What are the bases of DNA? how many are there?

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Sections of DNA that code for a protein

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Long threads of DNA Which contain many genes

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One copy of an entire organisms DNA

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