GENETICS
This is the passing of traits from parents to offspring
What is heredity?
Sister chromatids are separated by this structure/
What are spindle fbers?
This process makes daughter cells with half the amount of DNA as the parent cell
What is meiosis?
In gel electrophoresis, DNA travels to what side of the gel?
What is the positive end of the gel?
The "father of genetics"
Who is Mendel?
The physical appearance of a trait
What is a phenotype?
The anticodon for GAU
What is CUA?
This is the term for a body cell with 2 complete sets of chromosomes.
What is diploid?
This enzyme copies DNA
What is DNA polymerase?
This is the study of unhatched or unborn organisms.
What is embryology?
hybrid
What is an organism that is heterozygous for a trait?
This is the pattern used for copying.
What is a template?
A body cell has 14 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in the gamete?
What is 7?
These enzymes cut double stranded DNA at a specific sequence
What are restriction enzymes?
Common descent of life is based primarily on these sequences.
What is rRNA?
This is a different form of a gene
What is an allele?
These are the single ringed bases
What are thymine and cytosine?
At the end of mitosis, the two cells separate by this process.
What is cytokinesis?
An individual's DNA fingerprint is produced using this technology.
What is gel electrophoresis?
Inheritance of acquired characteristics was proposed by this scientist
Who is Lamarck?
This occurs when pollen from one plant fertilizes a different plant
What is crossfertilization?
If there is 20% adenine in a DNA molecule what is the percentage of thymine?
What is 20%?
What is anaphase?
Using living organisms and their genetics to produce medicines and improve crops is called
What is biotechnology?
These organs are reduced in size and no longer function.
What are vestigial structures?