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Central dogma (three terms)
DNA → RNA → Protein
How DNA controls characteristics
DNA makes proteins that determine traits.
Where DNA is found
Chromosomes
In eukaryotes, DNA always stays
Nucleus
DNA delivers its message by
RNA (mRNA)
What Frederick Griffith wanted to learn about bacteria
How bacteria transfer traits
What Oswald Avery’s experiment proved
DNA is the genetic material
Chargaff’s rule
A = T, C = G
What Watson & Crick discovered
DNA is a double helix
Four DNA bases
A, T, C, G
What Hershey & Chase proved
DNA, not protein, is genetic material
Molecule needed to help DNA make proteins
RNA
How RNA differs from DNA
Single-stranded, ribose sugar, U instead of T
Three types of RNA & their functions
mRNA: carries instructions; rRNA: makes ribosomes; tRNA: brings amino acids