DNA and RNA
adenine pairs with which of the other bases
- cytosine
- guanine
- thymine
A pairs with T
G pairs with C
What type of plant did Gregor Mendel use in his genetic experiments ?
pea plants
What are the two domains of life?
Prokarya and Eukarya
What do we call change over time
evolution
What is the Central Dogma of Biology?
Transcription>Translation>Protein
What type of letter do we use to differentiate between a dominant vs. recessive trait?
Dominant = Capital letter (A)
recessive = lowercase letter (a)
List the 4 Kingdoms of Eukarya we discussed. (hint: Animalia and Fungi are two of them)
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista
Who were the two scientists who came up with theories of evolution?
Darwin and Lamarck
A nucleotide is made up of a phosphate group, a sugar, and _____
- Nitrogenous Base
What is the difference between a dominant vs recessive allele?
A dominant allele masks a recessive allele.
Asexual reproduction
What objects help us see how life has changed over time?
Fossils
What are 3 differences between DNA and RNA?
- RNA is single stranded/ DNA is double stranded
- RNA has Uracil and DNA has Thyamine
- RNA has Ribose sugar, DNA has Deoxyribose
What percentage will be AA when you cross AA and Aa on a punnet square.
1/2= AA
1/2= Aa
What are two other characteristics of Plantae other than it being chemoautotroph.
- multicellular
- sessile (not mobile)
Other than fossils, what other 3 types of evidence did Darwin use to prove his theory of evolution?
- homologous structures
- comparative anatomy
- vestigial structures