Gene Genies
This is the fancy term for when one gene influences multiple, seemingly unrelated traits – it's doing too much.
What is pleiotropy?
This organelle is double-membraned, has its own DNA, and your mom gave it to you.
What is the Mitochondria?
This level of the food chain includes plants, algae, and other photosynthetic life that make their own food.
What are autotrophs?
The naturalist proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection
Who is Charles Darwin?
This streaming series features a grumpy Pedro Pascal escorting a sarcastic teen through a fungal apocalypse.
What is "The Last Of Us"?
This process of crossing over during meiosis is basically chromosomes saying, “Let’s trade fits!”
What is recombination?
This organelle is full of digestive enzymes and would 100% be voted “most likely to destroy everything in its path.”
What is a Lysosome?
This process leads to the warming of Earth’s surface due to trapped infrared radiation.
What is the greenhouse effect?
"Survival of the fittest" refers to this mechanism of evolution
What is Natural Selection?
In 2007, this pop princess shocked fans by shaving her head and going on a wild, erratic behavior spree.
Who is Brittney?
This epigenetic modification typically silences gene expression and involves slapping a methyl group onto cytosine.
What is methylation?
This protein complex checks DNA for damage before the cell commits to division – it's like the bouncer at the G2/M checkpoint.
What is the p53?
This phenomenon occurs when excess nutrients in water bodies lead to algal blooms and oxygen depletion.
What is eutrophication?
Structures with similar anatomy but different functions suggest:
This horror film villain wears a William Shatner mask painted white and just can’t take a hint.
Who is Michael Meyers?
Name the region of a gene where RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription
What is the promoter sequence?
Fusion of vesicles to membranes is mediated by this complex of proteins, including syntaxin, synaptobrevin, and SNAP-25
What are SNARE proteins?
This term describes the transition zone between two ecosystems — where things can get ecologically spicy.
What is an ecotone?
Changes to allele frequency in populations
What is evolution?
This Animal Crossing character is a smug business boy who runs an island real estate empire.
Who is Tom Nook?
In a dihybrid cross (AaBb × AaBb), what’s the expected phenotypic ratio assuming independent assortment.
What is 9:3:3:1?
This regulatory enzyme of glycolysis is allosterically inhibited by ATP and citrate – rude.
What is phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1)?
This term describes a species that has a disproportionate impact on its ecosystem relative to its abundance.
What is a keystone species?
Preserved remains of ancient organisms.
What are fossils?
This actor’s performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) is considered legendary, winning him a posthumous Oscar.
Who is Heath Ledger?