Macromolecules
Proteins
What organelle does photosynthesis?
chloroplast
DNA gets copied
S interphase
Individuals having an advantage due to their traits or abilities more likely to survive and reproduce
Any movement of individuals and the genetic material they carry
gene flow
The subunits of lipids are...
glycerol head; fatty acid tails
What organelle does Protein Synthesis?
Ribosomes in Rough ER
Somatic Cell division
Mitosis
Genetic differences between organisms of the same species
Variation
Gene flow that can lead to the elimination of an allele from the population by chance
genetic drift
The building blocks of nucleic acids are
nucleotides
Controls what comes into and out of the cell
Cell membrane
Gametic cell division
Meiosis
Dominate alleles are represented by _____ case letters, while recessive alleles are represented by ______ case letters
Upper, Lower
Only a few individuals survive a _________ event and this reduces variation in the gene pool of a population
Bottlenecking
Hemoglobin, Insulin, albumin, and maltase are examples of...
Proteins
What organelle produces ribosomes?
Nucleolus
What are chromosomes
DNA packaged into threadlike structures
What is a Phenotype?
the physical traits expressed
Affected individual with blue skin can trace their ancestry back to one of the first settlers in the region.
Founder effect
What type of bond holds the two complementary strands of DNA together?
Hydrogen bond
What type of cell with NO membrane bound nucleus
Prokaryotic cells
List the steps of Meiosis in order
Prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, telophase I, Prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, telophase II
Write the cross one would use to make a testcross. (alleles that Mendel used)
FF x ff
Charles Darwin’s observation that finches of different species on the Galápagos Islands have many similar physical characteristics supports the hypothesis that these finches
descended from a common ancestor