Nucleic Acids - Mitosis/Meiosis - Viruses

You should know:

The structure of a nucleotide

The structure of a molecule of DNA

Similarities and differences between DNA and RNA.

The nucleotides for each molecule

The process of DNA replication why it occurs when it occurs

Protein synthesis - why when where it occurs

the role of DNA - mRNA - tRNA and the ribosomes

the processes of transcription and translation

One Gene One Polypeptide Hypothesis and how this relates to gene mutations

Mutations... types of and causes of

Viral replication

Mitosis-Meiosis

The why-where-when- whom for each.

Similarities and differences of each.

The phases of each process and what happens in each.

You should be able to identify each phase if shown.

terminology:

diploid haploid monoploid chromatin chromatids chromosomes 1