A | B |
Genetic | Anything that relates to heredity. |
Nucleotide | Building block of nucleic acids such as DNA. |
Double Helix | Shape of DNA; "twisted ladder" with sugar-phosphate backbones and bases pointed toward the center. |
Rosalind Franklin | Collected data that Watson & Crick used to determine the shape of DNA. |
Watson & Crick | Used Rosalind Franklin's data to determine the shape of DNA. |
Complementary Base Pairing | Adenine (A) always bonds with thymine (T) and cytosine (C) always bonds with guanine (G). |
DNA Replication | Process used to copy (double) DNA in the nucleus. |
Adenine | Base that bonds with thymine. |
Thymine | Base that bonds with adenine. |
Cytosine | Base that bonds with guanine. |
Guanine | Base that bonds with cytosine. |
Deoxyribose | Sugar found in the backbone of DNA. |
Phosphate Group | Found in the backbone of DNA; connects one sugar molecule to the next. |