Heredity and DNA Replication Quiz

In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered that DNA is a double-helix like a twisted ___________

The process of making copies of DNA is called ___________

In DNA, adenine always bonds with ___________

Traits are observable characteristics determined by specific segments of DNA called ___________

One type of RNA, messenger RNA (mRNA), brings information from the DNA in the nucleus to the protein manufacturing area, the ___________

The family of RNA molecules enables the codons in the mRNA molecule to be translated into this sequence of amino acids in the ________.

The process of converting the information in the messenger RNA into the sequence of amino acids that make ________ is known as translation.

The role of transferRNA (tRNA) is to bring amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosomes to make ________.

A mutation involving a long segment of DNA.These mutations can involve deletions, insertions, or ________ of sections of DNA.

Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder due to chromosome deletion on chromosome ________.