1. The Chemical Building Blocks of Living Systems• There are four major classes of chemical compounds foundin living organisms: -Carbohydrates -Nucleic Acids -Proteins…

Slide 1DNA Fingerprinting Slide 2 DNA Structure Review Double stranded helix shape Basic unit is a nucleotide: Phosphate-sugar backbone Nitrogen bases hold two strands together…

Nucleic Acid Nucleic Acids Examples: RNA (ribonucleic acid) single helix DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) double helix Structure: monomers = nucleotides RNA DNA Nucleic Acids…

PowerPoint Presentation Nucleic Acids Nucleic Acids are Polymers made of Nucleotides 3 Parts: Phosphate group 5-Carbon Sugar Nitrogen base 2 Types: DNA & RNA b) 5-Carbon…

PowerPoint Presentation Nucleic Acids Nucleic Acids are Polymers made of Nucleotides 3 Parts: Phosphate group 5-Carbon Sugar Nitrogen base 2 Types: DNA & RNA b) 5-Carbon…