ANTH 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Meiosis, Biological Anthropology, Zygosity
29 Sep 2020
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Information to make proteins is encoded in the nucleotide base sequence. Codon = a sequence of three nucleotide bases which code for one amino acid. You do not know have to know the amino acid names just their functions. Some four combinations may produce/are the same amino acid. 4 nucleotide bases can combine to produce 64 different sequences. Many amino acids specified by more than one. Some copying errors may cause no difference in the amino acid produced codon sequence. Sequence of dna bases that carries information for synthesizing a particular. The gene is an instruction manual for synthesis protein, and occupies a specific chromosomal locus. All genetic info that codes for proteins lives in the nucleus. All of the action takes place outside of the nucleus in the ribosomes like little factories. Transcription where dna is transformed so it can leave the nucleus and travel to the ribosomes.
