DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid; the molecule that carries genetic information
What is DNA?
This is a change in the DNA sequence
What is a mutation?
The father of evolution: associated with the theory of natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin
When humans choose organisms with desired traits to reproduce.
What is artificial selection?
Preserved remains or other evidence of organisms that lived in the past.
What are fossils?
This is the shape of DNA
What is Double Helix?
THese are the three main types of mutations
What is Insertion, deletion, and substitution.
An inherited trait that improves an organism's ability to survive or reproduce.
What is an adaptation?
T of F: Traits that are breed for in a population occur naturally
True
The study of similarities and differences in body structures among different species.
What is comparative anatomy?
This is the process of making mRNA from DNA
T or F: Mutations are always harmful to the organism.
False
An adaptation that helps an organism blend into its environment.
What is camouflage?
This crop in NE is famous for the way it was selectively breed over hundreds of years to what we now have today
What is corn
Structures that are similar in anatomy and position but may have different functions.
What are homologous structures?
This is the process of using mRNA to make proteins
What is translation?
T or F: Mutations can lead to a significant change in a population's traits over time.
True
Organisms with advantageous inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce more, making those traits more common in that species, leading to this theory.
What is natural selection?
This is another term used for artificial selection
What is selective breeding
the science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth.
What is embryology?
If the DNA sequence is AGC-ATT, what is the complementary mRNA sequence?
What is UCG-UAA.
The DNA Segment has this pattern: ATT-GCG-TAC-GAT
The mRNA has this pattern: UAA-CGC-UGC-UA
What mutation is this?
Deletion
King snakes look similar to coral snakes, yet they re not poisonous. THis is an example of this type of adaptation
What is mimicry?
T or F: Nature decides what traits are desirable in artificial selection
False
The human tailbone is an example of this type of structure
What is vestigial/vestigial structure