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What is DNA ?
• Experiments in bacteria and bacteriophages– DNA :hereditary
material in living organisms
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Watson, Crick, and Franklin• Rosalind Franklin’s
research produced x-ray diffraction images of DNA– Helped Watson and
Crick build their DNA model
– received the Nobel Prize
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Watson and Crick’s DNA model
• two strands of nucleotides, coiled into a double helix
• Each nucleotide has – A five-carbon sugar
(deoxyribose)– A phosphate group– A nitrogen-
containing base (adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine
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Base Pairing
• Bases of two DNA strands pair in only one way– Adenine with thymine
• (A-T)
– Guanine with cytosine • (G-C)
• DNA sequence (order of bases) varies among species and individuals
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DNA Replication and Repair• cell replicates its DNA
before dividing• semiconservative
– Enzymes unwind double helix
– DNA polymerases • assemble complementary
DNA strands
– DNA ligase • seals gaps in new DNA
strands
• Two double-stranded DNA molecules result– One strand of each is new
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What are mutations?• DNA repair
mechanisms fix DNA damaged by chemicals or radiation
• Proofreading by DNA polymerases corrects most base-pairing errors
• Uncorrected errors are mutations
• The dog ate the cat• The oga tet hec at..
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What is Cloning?• Clones
– Genetically identical individuals
– Produced by artificial twinning, nuclear transfers
• To clone an adult animal– Cell’s DNA must be
reprogrammed to function like an embryonic cell and direct development