Mitosis
What is 'Metaphase Plate?'
The building blocks of every protein
What are amino acids?
What is 'Chromosomes?'
A trait that hides other traits, you only need one copy for the phenotype to show
What is 'Dominant trait/gene?'
Two chromosomes in a pair, one inherited from the father and one from the mother
What is 'homologous chromosomes?'
The final phase of mitosis- where the 2 cells split off from each other
What is 'Cytokinesis?'
The 2 main phases of protein synthesis
What are 'transcription and translation?'
A part of a chromosome that codes for a certain trait, you can have multiple variations of the same one of these.
What is 'allele?'
A trait that is easily hidden, you need 2 copies of it for the phenotype to show
What is 'Recessive trait/gene?'
Cells with 2 sets of chromosomes, as opposed to just one
What is 'Diploids?'
Two chromosomes that are exactly the same- during mitosis, they pull a reverse Parent Trap.
What is 'Sister Chromosomes?'
Where all the action of protein synthesis takes place
What is 'Ribosomes?'
A combination of an organism's visible characteristics or traits
What is 'phenotype?'
The traits inherited from our parents- yes, you'd better thank them.
What is 'Heredity?'
Name two amino acids that just click together, making a base pair
What is A to T (or C to G)?
These guys pull sister chromosomes to the poles of the cell during mitosis
What are 'Spindle fibers/microtubules?'
The RNA that carries the genetic code to be translated and 'sends' the code to the ribosomes
What is 'mRNA (Messenger RNA)?'
The set of genetic material in an organism that determines all of your traits, and what you look like
What is 'Genotype?'
A chart made to show us the likelihood of an offspring receiving specific traits
What is 'Punett Square?'
When specific cells mutate inside the body and start to multiply out of control
What is 'Cancer?'
Name the 4 MAIN phases of mitosis
What is 'prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase?'
This RNA builds proteins in groups of 3 amino acids
What is 'tRNA(transfer RNA)?'
Considered to be the 'Father of Genetics' due to his work with pea plants
Who was 'Gregor Mendel?'
Receiving two of one trait, either dominant or recessive
What is 'Homozogymous?'
The four main types of amino acids in our DNA
What is 'thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine?'