BIOL 1001 Chapter : Chapter 11 DNA 1

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Chapter 11 dna: the molecule of heredity: what is dna, dna discoveries, how dna is replicated. --genes are the units of heredity and are made of the nucleic acid dna. --nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides linked together by dehydration synthesis reactions. Nucleotides are the building block molecules of a nucleic acid and are composed of a _sugar, phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. The sugar is a 5-carbon sugar in a ring formation. The _sugar and phosphate groups form the nucleic acid backbone. Carbons on sugars of nucleotides are numbered (fig. There are two families of nitrogenous bases: fig. Pyrimidines are nitrogenous bases characterized by a _6-membered ring made up of carbon and nitrogen atoms . Purines are nitrogenous bases characterized by a 5-membered ring fused to a 6-membered ring where both rings are made up of carbon and nitrogen atoms. Variation in dna comes from the _order of the nucleotides (i. e. , dna sequence) fig.

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