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Genetic Code Worksheet

The document provides examples and practice problems for students to learn about DNA replication, transcription, translation, and genetic coding. It includes DNA and RNA sequences and asks students to determine complementary base pairs, transcribe DNA to mRNA, translate mRNA to amino acids, and identify codons and anticodons.

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Genetic Code Worksheet

The document provides examples and practice problems for students to learn about DNA replication, transcription, translation, and genetic coding. It includes DNA and RNA sequences and asks students to determine complementary base pairs, transcribe DNA to mRNA, translate mRNA to amino acids, and identify codons and anticodons.

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Name: _________________Carolyn_________________________ Date: __25_/_4_/24__ Period:

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Replication Practice
Directions: Complete the strands below with their complementary strands of DNA. Complete the chart below following
Chargaff’s rule.

DNA Strand C C T A T A T G T G G C T C C G T G T G A C C T C
Complementary
G G A T A T A C A C C G A G G C A C A C T G G A G
Strand

DNA Strand G A T A C A A G A T A G A C G G A A T T A C A A A
Complementary
C T A T G T T C T A T C T G C C T T A A T G T T T
Strand

DNA % of % of % of % of DNA % of % of % of % of
Sample A T G C Sample A T G C

1 40 40 10 10 5 22 22 28 28

2 30 30 20 20 6 15 15 35 35

3 31.5 31.5 18.5 18.5 7 31 31 19 19

4 33 33 17 17 8 14 14 36 36

Transcription Practice
Directions: Complete the strands below with the transcribed message of mRNA.
DNA
C C T A T A T C T C T C G C T C C A T A G A T T A C C C T C
Strand

RNA
G G A T A T A G A G A G C G A G G T A T C T A A T G G G A G
Strand

DNA
G G C C T A C G A T A C A G A T G A C G G T T T T A T G C A
Strand

RNA
C C G G A T G C T A T G T C T A C T G C C A A A A T A C G T
Strand

Translation Practice
Directions: Using a codon chart, match the mRNA codons with their correction amino acid sequence.

mRNA: A U G G A G G C A A A A UU U G G G U A A
AA: ___TA T __CTC____ __CGT___ TTT____ AAA ___CCC __ATT__

mRNA: A U G C U G U A A G C U G C U U C G U A A
AA: ___TAC___ __GAC___ _ATT___ _CGA_____CGA____ AGC___ATT__

Transcription and Translation Practice


Directions: Read each sequence of DNA and transcribe it to RNA. Take that sequence of RNA and translate it into a
sequence of amino acids.

DNA: T A C G C G G T G A A A T A T G T C A T T
mRNA: __AUG___CGC ___CAC__ __UUU___AUA_____CAG _UAA___
______ ______
AA: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

DNA: T A C G C A G C A T T G A G C C A G AT T
mRNA: _AUG____CGU_ ___CGUAAC___ ___UCG___ GUC _____UAA_
______ ______ ______
AA: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

DNA: T A C C C C A A C A C C A T A G G C A T T
mRNA: __AUG____GGG __UUG____ UGG ___UAU___ CCG___UAA_
______ ______ ______
AA: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
Codon Practice
Directions: Use a codon table to complete the DNA triplets, mRNA codons, tRNA anticodons, and amino acids below.

DNA mRNA tRNA Amino


triplet codon anticodon Acid
TTC AAG UUC
GGC CCG GGC
GTC CAG GUC
TTA AAU UUA
AAA UUU UUU
GTA CAU GUA
CTC GAG CUC
TGT ACA UGU
TAT AUA UAU
TCG AGC UCG
ATT UAA AUU
CCA GGU CCA

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