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High School Biology: Molecular Genetics - From DNA to Proteins (Fill in the blank)
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High School Biology: Molecular Genetics - From DNA to Proteins (Fill in the blank)
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1. A disease caused by a mutation in one or a few genes is referred to as a(n) __________.

2. __________ is the first part of the central dogma of molecular biology.

3. The molecule that copies the genetic instructions from DNA is __________.

4. Introns are removed from mRNA by the process of __________.

5. Anything in the environment that causes a mutation is a(n) __________.

6. __________ are the code “words” of the genetic code.

7. The addition of nucleotides to a growing mRNA strand is called __________.

8. A chromosomal alteration that involves two nonhomologous chromosomes is called a(n) __________.

9. A point mutation that does not change the encoded amino acid is known as a(n) __________ mutation.

10. The region of an operon where regulatory proteins bind is the __________.