Cancer results from changes in genes

I. What are genes

A. What is DNA?

B. What is a gene? What is a chromosome?

C. What is a genome?

D. How are chromosomes duplicated?

Study Question:

_______________ which are two strands of ____________ are polymers composed of _______________ that contain ______________.
Fill in the blank with the following terms: chromosomes, genes, DNA, nucleotides
Would a genome contain all of the genes in a cell, all of the DNA in a cell, both of these, or neither?
What sequence would GGATTC be basepaired to within a chromosome? Write out a mutated version of this sequence.
Are there any genes that are not part of a chromosome?
How many strands of DNA are present in a chromosome during G1 phase of the cell cycle?
What are the chromosomes called after they have been duplicated in S phase?

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