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To answer this question, you will need the Table that follow…

To answer this question, you will need the Table that follows this question on the next slide. For the following nucleotide sequence of DNA:                                                               TACGATCAGATT     1.  Give the complementary sequence of DNA for the opposite strand of the double helix listed above:   [sequence1]     2.  Give the sequence of mRNA that would be transcribed from the strand I gave you at the top.    [sequence2]      3.  List the first codon of the mRNA sequence.  [sequence3]      4. Identify the STOP codon, if one is present and identify its function.  [sequence4]       5.  Translate the entire mRNA sequence (from question 2) into the amino acid sequence of the protein using the genetic code table found on the following slide.  [sequence5]  Read your mRNA strand left-to-right.      Be sure to read your mRNA strand left-to-right when answering all of the questions.  

  Java Frogs from Indonesia   In honor of Finals Week, we’r…

  Java Frogs from Indonesia   In honor of Finals Week, we’re hanging out on a limb with these four Javan tree frogs in Indonesia. Tree frogs are smaller than your average terrestrial frogs because they spend the majority of their lives perched in trees, and their weight must be fully supported by twigs and leaves. At the rounded ends of their froggy fingers and toes are disc-shaped adhesive pads that help them to maneuver about on trees. Each of these frogs went through a complete metamorphosis, starting out as one of about 50 eggs in a clutch nestled in foam. Tree frog mothers tend to lay their eggs on the leaves of branches hanging over streams, ponds, or lakes. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles then drop into the water below. The tadpoles mature into frogs and end up hanging out with their frog cousins on limbs like this one. Never having seen one of these tree frogs, think about what you already know about them: cell structure, cell respiration, how they produce new DNA & proteins, how they carry out cell division and some aspects of sexual reproduction — YOU HAVE LEARNED ALOT THIS SEMESTER to apply to new and different situations!!