DNA & Genes
DNA molecule has been described as ...
a double helix
Transcription
The cellular process of growth and reproduction
Cell Cycle
Chromosomes are lined up in the center of the cell during ....
metaphase
Cell division necessary for sexual reproduction.
Meiosis
Two things that determine the protein that is built from a particular gene.
1. nucleotides are present
2. order of nucleotides
Converting RNA code into a protein.
Translation
Copying DNA into two identical DNA molecules
Replication
Sister chromatids divide into separate chromosomes during ...
anaphase
Halves the number of chromosomes to form gametes.
Meiosis
Smaller subunits of sugar, phosphate and a base that make up DNA molecule
nucleotides
The bonding of amino acids into a growing chain
Protein Synthesis
In what phase does replication take place?
Interphase
New chromosomes reach opposite ends of the cell and uncoil during ...
telophase
Matching pairs of chromosomes in a diploid cell
homologous chromosomes
A gene is a section of DNA that codes for a unique ___.
protein
RNA has what in the place of Thymine?
uracil
The phase after replication takes place that ensures the daughter cells are identical to the parent cell.
Mitosis
Cytoplasm is divided and two new cells are formed.
cytokinesis
The joining of two gametes
fertilization
Name the base pairs.
Guanine & Cytosine
Adenine & Thymine
If one part stops working, nothing works.
irreducible complexity
Nuclear membrane disappears and chromatin coils up during ...
prophase
The cell spends most of its life in which phase?
interphase
Describe meiosis
involves 2 cell divisions that result in haploid daughter cells