Biology GCSE
Base sequence
What Base sequence means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The order of bases within a gene, read in triplets, which fixes the order of amino acids.
The order of the four bases along the strand, which stores genetic information.
Topics that use Base sequence
- DNA and the genome (AQA GCSE)
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Complementary base pairing
- Protein function
- Applications of genomics in medicine
- Balanced argument and judgement
- Carrier molecules
- chromosomes
- Chromosomes and inheritance
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