Name:

Ms. Moreys Guided Notes: Follow the Instructions for each section as we go through the lecture. Period:
What words come to mind when you think about the term "DNA"?
Four characteristics to describe DNA's structure (What does it look like?):
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2
3
4
Antiparallel Strands: Fill in the blanks.
1. Each strand of DNA has a end and a end.
2. The strands are composed of 5-sided and groups
together.
3. Antiparallel DNA strands means that one strand runs in the direction, and
the other strand runs in the direction.
Draw an example of the components in the DNA strands (Hint: there are only two shapes):
DNA Structure and Function
Vocabulary: Fill out the definitions of these words (in bold) as we go through the lecture.
DNA (stands for)
RNA (stands for)
nucleotide
genes










Base Pairing: Chargaff's Rules (circle one for questions 1 & 3)
1. Chargaff's Rules tells us that purines bind with (pyrimidines / other purines) and pyrimidines
bind with (purines / other pyrimidines).
2. Purines = and .
Pyrimidines = and .
3. Chargaff's Rules:
Adenine always binds to (cytosine / thymine).
Guanine always binds to (cytosine / thymine).
4. Fill out the complementary strand. The first two we will do together.
Video: DNA Structure:
"While these basic pairings never change, the of the pairs along each strand
greatly from one to the next."
Comparison of DNA and RNA:
Adenine
Guanine
Thymi ne
Cytosine