Animals & Animal Behavior
If two animals are in the same genus, then that means they must be in the same
family
Two main stages of cell division are
mitosis and cytokinesis
Tall trees (T) are dominant to short tree (t). what are the possible genotypes of tall trees?
TT and Tt
What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
RNA contains _____, unlike DNA.
Uracil
Innate: inborn
What are the phases of mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
True or false. Mitosis is asexual reproduction while meiosis is sexual reproduction.
True
Name a purine and pyrimidine
Purine: Adenine, Guanine
Pyrimidine: Cytosine, Thymine
Which is the correct sequence of the transfer of genetic information in an organism?
DNA -> RNA -> Protein
What are the 4 types of learning?
1. Habituation
2. Classical conditioning
3. Operant conditioning
4. Insight learning
During normal mitosis, a parent cell that has 4 chromosomes will produce two daughter cells, each containing _____ chromosomes
4
During what phase does crossing over occur?
Prophase I
The strands of DNA are _____________________, meaning they run in opposite directions.
antiparallel
Which type of RNA brings the correct amino acids to make proteins?
tRNA
Classical conditioning; he used dogs
What are the stages of the cell cycle?
G1, S, G2, M
What is formed at the end of meiosis for females?
four genetically different egg cells
The structure of DNA is known as a __________ _______________ model.
Double helix
Genes contain instructions for assembling
proteins
The ability of salmon to recognize their home stream is an example of
imprinting
One difference between cell division in plant cells and in animal cells is that plant cells have
a cell plate
True or false. Gametes have one allele for each gene given by one parent
True
What enzyme joins individual nucleotides to produce a new strand of DNA?
DNA polymerase
Which type of RNA brings the information in the nucleus to other parts of the cell?
mRNA