DNA
A sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base.
What are nucleotides?
Used to replace damaged cells.
What is mitosis?
Used to make gametes.
What is meiosis?
to make or assemble something
What is synthesis?
The physical appearance of the trait.
What is a phenotype?
What is the nucleus?
A type of reproduction that makes and exact copy of the parent cell.
What is asexual reproduction?
Type of cell produced by males that is haploid.
What is a sperm?
Using DNA to make mRNA.
What is transcription?
The allele make up of a trait.
What is the genotype?
A pairs with T, C pairs with G during DNA replication
What are the base pair rules?
During this stage, of the cell cycle, DNA replicates.
What is the S-phase?
Results in 4 haploid cells
What is meiosis?
Reading the mRNA codons at the ribosome.
What is translation?
When both alleles are dominant.
What is homozygous dominant?
A change in the DNA caused by some environmental factor.
What is a mutation?
In these stages the cell grows.
What is G1 and G2.
Type of cell produced by females that is haploid.
What is an egg?
A biological molecule made of amino acids
What is a protein?
When one allele is dominant and the other is recessive.
What is heterozygous?
The code for life.
What is DNA?
Results in two daughter cells that are diploid (2n).
What is mitosis?
Chromosomes exchange chromatids which results in genetic variations.
What is crossing over?
A special protein that speeds up the rate of chemical reactions in cells.
What is an enzyme?
Based found only in RNA and not in DNA.
What is Uracil?