Biology 1201A Lecture 3: DNA replication and structure notes

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Inheritance of sameness: dna replication and structure definitions. Deoxyribonucleic acid (dna): the large, double-stranded, helical molecule that contains the genetic material of all living organisms. Sugar phosphate backbone: structure in a polynucleotide chain that is formed when deoxyribose sugars are linked by phosphate groups in an alternating sugar phosphate sugar phosphate pattern. Phosphodiester bond: the linkage of nucleotides in polynucleotide chains by a bridging phosphate group between the 5 carbon of one sugar and the 3 carbon of the next sugar in line. Hydroxyl group: group consisting of an oxygen atom linked to a hydrogen atom on one side and to a carbon chain on the other side. Double-helix model: model of dna consisting of two complementary sugar phosphate backbones. Complementary base-pairing: feature of dna in which the specific purine pyrimidine base pairs a t (adenine thymine) and g c (guanine cytosine) occur to bridge the two sugar phosphate backbones.

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