DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis
The sugar found in DNA.
What is deoxyribose?
Organisms that have two different alleles for a particular trait are said to be __________.
What is heterozygous?
Humans choosing which dog types to breed is an example of this type of selection.
What is artificial selection?
The 3 parts of a nucleotide.
What are a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base?
The ribosome uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins during this stage of protein synthesis.
What is translation?
A species normally has 100 chromosomes in each of its body cells. The cells it produced by meiosis will each
have ______ chromosomes.
What is 50?
In the cross Aa x aa, the phenotypic ratio be for the offspring should be this.
What is 2:2 (1:1)?
Organisms may have a common ancestor and similar bone structures that have different uses. These structures are said to be _______.
What are homologous structures?
What is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase?
The transcribed version of the following DNA sequence: TGG AGG CTT GAC
What is ACC UCC GAA CUG?
A human zygote with 46 chromosomes is said to be this.
The type of inheritance pattern referring to a black and white feathered chicken.
What is codominance?
This type of genetic drift refers to a species' genetic diversity decreasing significantly due to sudden habitat loss.
What is the bottleneck effect?
This type of trait can skip a generation and mostly affects males.
What is an X-linked recessive trait?
What is an anticodon?
These type(s) of cell division starts out diploid (2n).
What is mitosis and meiosis?
All healthy human egg cells have this many of a certain type of chromosome.
What is one X chromosome?
The combined genetic information of all members of a particular population.
What is gene pool?
The physical separation of populations by a barrier such as a river or a mountain range is a type of ___________ _____________.
What is geographic isolation?
The name of the scientist who observed that base pairing is complementary.
Who is Erwin Chargaff?
The process early on in meiosis where homologous chromosomes can sometimes swap or exchange portions of their chromatids.
What is crossing over?
The possible genotype(s) for a person with type B blood.
What is IBi and IBIB?
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is fitness?
These allow organisms to better survive and reproduce.
What is an adaptation?