A1.2 Nucleic Acids
Guiding Questions:
How does the structure of nucleic acids allow hereditary information to be stored?�
How does the structure of DNA facilitate accurate replication?
Linking Questions:
What makes RNA more likely to have been the first genetic material, rather than DNA?
How can polymerization result in emergent properties?
How is a sugar-phosphate backbone created?
RNA as a polymer
What is the structure of a nucleosome? (HL)
Components of a nucleotides
Draw a strand of DNA
Differences between
Role of complementary base pairing
How is the double helix stabilized? (HL)
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What is DNA?
Draw a nucleotide
Nitrogenous bases (and their pairs)
Purines
Pyrimidines
DNA
RNA
Diversity of the genetic code
How is the genetic code conserved?
Directionality of RNA and DNA (HL)
What is the evidence from the Hershey–Chase experiment for DNA as the genetic material? (HL)
Chargaff’s data on nitrogenous bases