Chapter 17 HW

Question 1

What is the flow of genetic information?

Answer 1

DNA—> RNA—> Protein

Question 2

What is a characteristic of eukaryotic cells not found in prokaryotic cells?

Answer 2

Compartmentalization by internal membranes

Question 3

Given the following DNA molecule sequence, what is the complementary strand? 5’- ATTGCA-3’

Answer 3

3’-TAACGT-5’

Question 4

What is transcription?

Answer 4

Transcription is the process by which a DNA template is used to make different types of RNA.