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characteristics of the genetic code which means it is shared across all organism
Universal
characteristic of the genetic code which means each nucleotide in a DNA sequence is only used once
non-overlapping
characteristic of the genetic code which means more than one triplet can code for an amino acid
degenerate
Features of Prokaryotic DNA
-Short
-circular
-not associated with proteins
Features of Eukaryotic DNA
-long
-linear
-associated with histone proteins
Features of Chloroplast/mitochondrion DNA
short, circular no associated with histone proteins
Gene
a sequence of bases which codes for a specific protein or RNA molecule
what a gene is transcribed to produce
-an amino acid sequence for a polypeptide
-a functional (t/m)RNA molecule that is translated into a protein
Locus
a fixed location on a particular chromosome where a gene is located
triplet
a sequence of three bases which codes for a specific amino acid
Name for a triplet in mRNA
codon
name for a triplet in tRNA
anticodon
Genome
Complete set of genes in an organism
Proteome
full range of proteins that a cell is able to produce
Note 
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