Genetics
This process during meiosis exchanges DNA between homologous chromosomes.
What is crossing over?
The organelle responsible for ATP production.
What is the mitochondrion?
The hormone that lowers blood glucose.
What is insulin?
The molecule that carries genetic information.
What is DNA?
The sequence of amino acids in a protein
what is primary structure
An organism with genotype AaBb produces how many different gamete combinations (assuming independent assortment)?
What is 4
This structure controls what enters and leaves the cell.
What is the plasma membrane?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
The process of making RNA from DNA.
What is transcription?
α-helices and β-sheets formed by hydrogen bonding
What is secondary structure
This law states that allele pairs separate during gamete formation.
What is Mendel’s Law of Segregation?
The phase of mitosis where chromosomes line up at the equator.
What is metaphase?
This part of the brain regulates balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The process of building proteins from mRNA.
What is translation?
a bond that links amino acids together
what is peptide bond
A mutation that shifts the reading frame of a gene.
What is a frameshift mutation?
This transport method requires energy to move substances against a gradient.
What is active transport?
The type of muscle found in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
The enzyme that unwinds DNA during replication
What is helicase?
The level involving multiple polypeptide chains
What is quaternary structure?
The expected phenotype ratio of a dihybrid cross (heterozygous × heterozygous).
What is 9:3:3:1?
The fluid mosaic model describes the structure of this cellular component.
What is the cell membrane?
This system maintains internal stability in the body.
What is homeostasis?
The three-base sequence on mRNA that codes for an amino acid.
What is a codon?
A covalent bond between cysteine residues that stabilizes structure
What is a disulfide bond?