Cellular Reproduction
What is the process by which cells duplicate their DNA before dividing?
What is DNA replication
What is the molecule that carries genetic information?
What is DNA.
What are the two main types of cell division?
What are mitosis and meiosis.
How many daughter cells result from mitosis?
What is two.
Who is known as the father of genetics?
Who is Gregor Mendel.
What is the phase of the cell cycle where the cell grows and performs normal functions?
What is interphase.
What are the building blocks of DNA?
What are nucleotides.
What phase of mitosis involves chromosomes aligning at the cell's equator?
What is metaphase.
How many daughter cells result from meiosis?
What is four.
What type of dominance occurs when the heterozygous phenotype is a blend of the two homozygous traits?
What is incomplete dominance.
What type of reproduction produces genetically identical offspring?
What is asexual reproduction.
What is the process of making RNA from DNA?
What is transcription.
What is the name of the structure that connects sister chromatids?
What is the centromere.
What is the term for the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes in meiosis?
What is crossing over.
What is the law that states allele pairs separate during gamete formation?
What is the law of segregation.
What is the term for programmed cell death?
What is apoptosis.
What is the process of making a protein from mRNA?
What is translation.
What type of cell division results in two identical daughter cells?
What is mitosis.
In which phase of meiosis do homologous chromosomes separate?
What is anaphase I.
What type of inheritance pattern involves multiple genes influencing a single trait?
What is polygenic inheritance.
What structure is responsible for separating chromosomes during cell division?
What is the spindle apparatus.
What type of mutation involves a change in a single nucleotide?
What is a point mutation.
What phase of mitosis is characterized by the separation of sister chromatids?
What is anaphase.
What is the key difference between meiosis and mitosis?
What is meiosis produces genetically diverse gametes, while mitosis produces identical cells?
What type of inheritance is shown in blood types where both A and B alleles are expressed?
What is codominance.