Do Now: b) Complete the following mRNA Strand: GCATACAGT (Be sure to look if it is asking for DNA or mRNA. DNA is GCAT and mRNA is GCAU. All answers must be in capitals when writing out bases, or the will be considered wrong.)

CGUAUGUCA

Explanation:

Firstly, the strand in the question is a DNA strand because it contains the Thymine base, which is only found in a DNA molecule. The process of changing a DNA molecule into RNA molecule (specifically a messenger RNA) is called transcription. Transcription is done using the complementary base pairing rule, which states that Adenine (A) will always pair with Thymine (T), and Guanine (G) will always pair with Cytosine (C).

In the case of transcription, the Thymine bases will change to Uracil (U), since Uracil is only found in the RNA molecule. That is, A-U and G-C. Hence, a DNA strand that reads: GCATACAGT will produce a mRNA strand CGUAUGUCA.

from the original order (top to bottom) the new order will go

1 (founder)

4 (hawk)

2 (mutate)

3 (next generation)