Macromolecules
Cell Reproduction
Genetics
Protein Synthesis
Gene technology
100
A type of protein that speed up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy.
What is an enzyme?
100
The abbreviation for the 4 steps of mitosis
What is PMAT?
100
The father of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel?
100
The type of bond that exists between two strands of DNA or RNA
What is a hydrogen bond?
100
The resulting product when a human insulin gene is introduced into a bacterial plasmid
What is recombinant DNA?
200
Nucleic acids are made up of these elements…
What is CHONP?
200
The point at which spindle fibers connect to the chromosome during mitosis
What is a centromere?
200
Alternative forms of a gene
What are alleles?
200
When DNA acts as a template for the synthesis of RNA
What is transcription?
200
Examples include Viruses, Plasmids, and yeast
What is a vector?
300
Two types of lipid monomers
What are fatty acids and glycerol?
300
A matching pair of genetic information (you get 1 from mom and 1 from dad)
What are homologous chromosomes?
300
Roan horses with an even mixture of red and white hair are an example of this.
What is codominance?
300
Chains of Amino acids linked together by peptide bonds
What are polypeptides?
300
The cloning process by which a body cell is fused with an empty egg cell
What is somatic cell nuclear cloning?
400
Three functions of proteins
What are for structural support, membranes, protection, catalysts (enzymes), non-steroid hormones, regulation, and movement
400
Spermatogenesis results in the formation of ____ viable gamete(s), while oogenesis results in the formation of ___ viable gamete(s).
What is 4, 1?
400
A ______ is a piece of _____ that codes for a ______ and therefore a _______.
What is gene, DNA, protein, and trait?
400
The ribosome stops reading the mRNA when this is reached
What is a stop codon?
400
Three types of STEM cells
What are embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells?
500
Examples are cellulose, starch, and glycogen (polymer).
What are polysaccharides?
500
Draw a diagram of a cell undergoing anaphase
500
A colorblind male has children with a normal-visioned, non-carrying female. What percentage of the girls will be carriers?
100%
500
The mRNA strand that would be formed from this DNA template: AGGACTGGC
What is UCCUGACCG?
500
The ingredients that are put into a solution of DNA to make PCR work
What are DNA polymerase, nucleotides, and primer?