DNA and RNA
What is the sugar found in DNA
what is deoxyribose
Different forms of the same gene are called these.
What are alleles?
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism?
This process copies genetic information from DNA into mRNA.
What is transcription?
The nitrogen base found in RNA but not DNA.
What is uracil?
An organism with two identical alleles for a trait is called this.
What is homozygous?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
What is commensalism?
This organelle is the site of protein synthesis.
What is a ribosome?
The shape of a DNA molecule.
What is a double helix?
The observable characteristics of an organism.
What is phenotype?
A relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
The type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome.
What is tRNA?
The scientist credited with helping discover DNA's structure alongside Francis Crick.
Who is James Watson?
The genetic makeup of an organism.
What is genotype?
This type of symbiosis describes ticks feeding on a dog.
What is parasitism?
A sequence of three nucleotides on mRNA that codes for an amino acid.
What is a codon?
The DNA base that pairs with cytosine.
What is guanine?
A diagram used to predict offspring genotypes.
What is a Punnett square?
What is ecology
What is the branch of biology that studies how living organisms interact with each other and with their environment?
The process in which mRNA is decoded to form a protein.
What is translation?