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DNA AND RNA

MOLECULAR GENETICS – 3

LINKS NEEDED:

Similarities and differences of RNA and DNA.
Basic differences between RNA and DNA.
What does RNA do?
Picture of Both RNA and DNA, they are side by side.
What is transcription? An animation!
3D animation of transcription.
Three types of RNA.

1. Compare and contrast the structure and function of DNA and RNA using the following table.

What are the similarities between DNA and RNA’s structure?

What are the differences between DNA and RNA’s structure?

What are the similar functions that both DNA and RNA perform?

What are the different functions that DNA and RNA perform?

  1. Where is DNA located in the cell?

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  2. Where is RNA located in the cell?

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  3. In RNA the base _______________ replaces the base___________________
  4. DNA is a ________________ strand while RNA is a __________________ strand
  5. What is different about the two sugars that make up DNA and RNA?

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  6. Transcription is:

 

 

 

8.Write the correct complementary strand of DNA for the following: ATCGTTACTGGCAAC

 

9. Now write the complementary strand of RNA for that same strand ATCGTTACTGGCAAC

 

  1. Describe the three different types of RNA

mRNA

Describe their structure and their function.

tRNA

rRNA