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THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
ANNOUNCEMENTS• Second set of genetics problems has been
posted!!
OBJECTIVES• Know the structure of DNA
• Understand the relationship between genes and proteins
• Be familiar with scientists that contributed to the field of molecular genetics in the early mid 20th century
• Understand relevant vocabulary
THE MOLECULAR NATURE OF
GENESBy early 1900s:
• The fact that chromosomes are responsible for heredity is known
THE MOLECULAR NATURE OF GENES
First Half of 1900s:
– Dominated by research on what genes are composed of and how they work
COMPOSITION OF GENES: DNA
Hershey & Chase (1952):
DETERMINING THE STRUCTURE OF DNA James Watson &
Francis Crick
(1953):
HOW GENES FUNCTION
Beadle &Tatum (1941): :
THE GENETIC CODEHow do we go from DNA to protein?
DNA
RNA
Protein
THE CENTRAL DOGMAFrancis Crick:
THE GENETIC CODEGeorge Gamow:
How manybases specifya singleamino acid?
Since there are only 4 bases, a singlet code could only specify 4 amino acids.
A doublet code couldspecify a maximum of4 x 4 or 16 amino acids.
A triplet code could specify amaximum of 4 x 4 x 4, or 64amino acids.
1 Base? 2 Bases? 3 Bases? 4 Bases?...
4 < 20: Not enough
16 < 20: Not enough 64 > 20: More than enough
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15etc...
U GC A U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
C
A
U C A G
U C A G
U C A G
U C A G
U C A G
U C A G
U C A G
U C A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
G
C
A
U
C
A
mRNAGC CA
CC
G AGA A AA AA A AA AU U U UU U U U UC CC CC CC CCC C CGG G
GG G
G
G
FOUR RNA BASES (U,C,A,G) MUST SPECIFY 20 AMINO ACIDS
DECIPHERING CODONS Codon:
THE GENETIC CODERecent Work: