Gene Regulation
Mutations
Inheritance
Chapter 22-26
All 4 topics!!!
100
The ability of cells to control their level of expression
What is gene regulation?
100
an alteration in which there is an addition or deletion of nucleotides (not in threes)
What is frameshift mutation?
100
Both genes are expressed equally
What is codominance?
100
Scientist who traveled to the Galapagos Island to study the beaks of finches
Who is Darwin?
100
Type of cells that have 1 genome
What is plant cells?
200
Explains how muscle cells, skin cells and liver cells all have the same genome but have dramatically different proteins.
What is cell differentiation?
200
an overgrowth of cells with no useful purpose
What is tumor?
200
Homozygous dominant Homozygous recessive Heterozygous dominant
What is BB, bb, Bb?
200
Naturally found in only on location
What is Endemic?
200
a mutation that changes a codon from a normal codon to a stop codon
What is Nonsense Mutation?
300
the corepressor for the trp operon
What is tryptophan?
300
a mutation with no alteration in an amino acid sequence
What is silent mutation?
300
The heterozygote has an intermediate phenotype
What is incomplete dominance?
300
Humans select which organisms to breed based on desirable traits
What is artificial selection?
300
Small effector molecule that binds to the activator protein, CAP or CRP, to activate the lac operon
What is cAMP?
400
An operon whose transcription is reoressed by effector molecules
What is repressible operon?
400
When DNA polymerase may fix or remove a segments from a newly made strand (not the parental strand)
What is mismatch repair system?
400
Chromosomes line up along the metaphase place during meiosis
What is Theory of Independent Assortment?
400
Can lead to a great accumulation of mutations
What is Divergence?
400
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1
What is the Hardy Weinberg Equation?
500
Eukaryotic gene control is regulated by an activator and repressor protein
What is combinatorial control?
500
An overactive gene that causes uncontrolled cell growth
What is oncogene?
500
The expression of different alleles in different generations
What is Epigenetics Inheritance?
500
Period the hominids first appeared
What is carboniferous period?
500
selection which favors one extreme with greater reproductive success
What is Direction Selection?
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