Molecular Genetics
This is made up of four building blocks called nucleotides (adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C))
What is DNA
The ability to do work
What is Energy
The longest phase of Mitosis
What is Prophase
The organisms allele pairs (Bb or BB)
What is Genotype
recessive genetic disorder caused by altered genes, resulting in the absence of the skin pigment melanin in hair and eyes.
I pair well with Adenine (A)
What is Thymine (T)
Photosynthesis converts ______ Energy into _____ Energy
What is Solar and Chemical
The Cells nucleus and nuclear material divide
What is Mitosis
division of a diploid parental cell into haploid progeny
What is Meiosis
This disease affects red blood cells and their ability to transport oxygen
what is sickle-cell anemia
The structure of DNA
What is a double helix
The location of the Krebs Cycle
What is the mitochondrial Matrix
Stage during which the cell grows, carries out cellular functions, and replicates, or makes copies of its DNA in preparation for the next stage of the cycle.
What is Interphase
The DNA on chromosomes is arranged in segments called ______ that control the production of proteins
What are genes
An organism with two of the same alleles for a particular trait is said to be ______
What is Homozygous
What is a nonsense mutation
Catabolic pathway in which organic molecules are broken down to release energy for use by the cell
What is Cellular Respiration
The order of the four stages in Mitosis
What is Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase (PMAT)
Chromosomes that make up a pair, one from each parent
Homologous chromosomes
The symptoms of this disease includes: gradual loss of brain function, uncontrollable movements, and emotional disturbances
What is Huntington's disease
protein-synthesizing organelle known as a ribosome and that is exported to the cytoplasm to help translate the information in messenger RNA (mRNA) into protein.
What is rRNA
The chemical equation
6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2
What is Photosynthesis
Unspecialized cells that can develop into specialized cells when under the right conditions
What is stem cells
The number of chromosomes in the human body
What is 23 pairs of chromosomes or 46 total chromosomes
Caused by the absence of a necessary enzyme that breaks down fatty substances
What is Tay-Sachs disease