A _____ (2 Words) Converts the Programming Instructions into a Language

question 54

Short Answer

A _____ (2 words) converts the programming instructions into a language that the computer understands and processes.

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Definitions:

Semiconservatively

A method of DNA replication where each of the two parental strands serve as templates for new strands, leading to two daughter molecules each having one old and one new strand of DNA.

Meselson and Stahl

This refers to the scientists Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl who, in 1958, conducted an experiment providing evidence supporting the semi-conservative model of DNA replication.

Nucleotide Bases

The building blocks of DNA and RNA, consisting of adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine (DNA), and uracil (RNA).

Chargaff

Refers to Chargaff's rules, which state that DNA from any cell of all organisms should have a 1:1 ratio (base pair rule) of pyrimidine and purine bases.