Riv, an allele is a form of a gene... a triplet of base pairs is called a codon.
gah, I feel stupid.Originally posted by Idle Mind
Sort of...transcription is going DNA to RNA, but translation is RNA to protein. Replication is DNA to DNA.
*edit: I didn't notice this the first time, but each codon codes for an amino acid, not the whole protein. So when you change a base, the amino acid changes (and likely all subsequent ones), because there is a shift in the codons. You are correct, multiple codons can code for an amino acid.
Originally posted by spuriousmonkey
Question/Riddle:
what is the main source of mutations in a genome?
Originally posted by BigBlueHead
My gnomes theory gains supporters!
Originally posted by BigBlueHead
A kDa is a kiloDalton; it refers to a unit of atomic weight. If I remember correctly, a proton weighs one Dalton, hence a hydrogen atom weighs slightly more than one Dalton. I could be wrong... I'm not a chemist/physicist.
Check out http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictD.html
Originally posted by spuriousmonkey
Question/Riddle:
what is the main source of mutations in a genome?