What is a proto-oncogene?
A gene that when it undergoes cellular conversion promotes unregulated cell division. Stimulates the cells cycle and can become an oncogene
The idea that a species will disappear from a rock strata due to some disaster is what theory?
Evolutionary change happens at what level?
Population
Is a salamander more closely related to a shark or a lizard?
Lizard
What protein binds to the enhancer region of a gene and stimulates transcription?
Activator
What are the four things to note when writing a binomial?
What is the Hardy- Weinberg Principle?
Frequencies of alleles, genotypes remain constant over generations unless acted upon by agents other than Mendelian segregation and recombination allele
What are the shared derived characters?
Vertebrae, four limn, amniotic egg
Differentiation is controlled at what level?
Transcription
What is natural selection?
In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, the frequency of the allele Q is 0.2. There are only two alleles for this gene. What is the percentage of the population that is heterozygous?
32%
Is the frog more closely related to the crocodile or the dimetrodon?
Equally related to both
What is the function of DNA methylation?
Attaches a methyl group to DNA bases causing it to condense more tightly. This is often found in inactive DNA
Insects mutate genes when sprayed with insecticide so they can survive pesticide usage. These insects survive. Over time, insects develop resistance. This describes what?
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
What are the 4 factors that alter allele frequencies?
Is the frog more closely related to the tuna or crocodile?
Crocodile
Is a repressible operon usually on or off? What kind of pathways do you find repressible operons in? And what is an example of one?
Usually on, anabolic pathways, Trp.
The Darwinian or evolutionary fitness of an individual is measured by what?
The number of offspring that survive and are able to reproduce
What happens when Hardy Weinberg assumptions are not met?
Gene pool changes, some type of selection may be occurring, evolution usually results, population deviates from stability
Are amphibians more closely related to the ray-finned fish or primates?
Primates