DNA and RNA Structure
What is the the complementary base pairs TTGCGAT
What is AACGCTA
How are chromosmes arragned?
In pairs
What causes a cell to have more than two sets of chromosomes?
Polyploidy
What is the purpose of Gene Cloning?
To make many copies of a gene to study it
What are the two steps in protein synthesis?
Transcription and Translation
The Sugar in RNA
What is Ribose
Where do each half of your chromosmes come from?
Half are inherited maternally and the other half is paternally
A failure of homologous chromosomes to seperate properly during meiosis is called?
Non-Disjunction
What is Ligase role in gene cloning?
Re attaches the cut strands
The mRNA codes for amino acids during?
translation
The Sugar in DNA
What is Deoxyribose
Each pair of chromosomes is called?
A homologous pair.
When does non disjunction occur?
during meiosis I
What does the process of making recombinant DNA involve?
Cutting the DNA into small fragments and inserting it into another organism of the same or a different species
Translation occurs in?
Ribosomes
The bases present for DNA
What is C,G,A and T
How many chromosomes in a Human lung cells?
46
A diagram of photographs of the chromosomes in one cell arranged in descending size order is called?
Karyotypes
How is the biotechnological tool kit applied in science
Through Gene cloning and Transgenesis
What do polypeptide chains form?
Tough bundles and have irregular folds
The bases presnet for RNA
What is C,G,A and U
What are four new haploid daughter cells, each with different genetic makeup from the others called?
Gametes
Rearranging the genetic information in the chromosome but not effecting the overall chromosme size is called?
Inversions
What is Vectors role in gene cloning?
transferring foreign DNA from one organism to another
What are the three stages of translation?
Initiation, elongation, termination