Genetic Mechanisms
This is how many pairs of chromosomes people have
What is 23?
This is the full name of the molecule that carries genetic material, or basically DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
This process makes four haploid cells from diploid cells
What is meiosis?
This is how long the 100 Years' War lasted
What is 116 years?
If we're talking about alleles, DD is homozygous dominant, dd is ____
What is homozygous recessive?
This is the nucleotide base that pairs with adenine
What is thymine?
Random joke: what did the brother cell say when his sibling stepped on his toe?
Mitosis
Random question: this is the sixth planet from the sun
What is Saturn, I'm pretty sure?
This is the fancy name for the study of birds, which is also a scio event
What is ornithology?
The law of ____ describes how different genes independently separate from one another in gamete formation
What is the law of independent assortment?
DAILY DOUBLE: This is the nucleotide base that is absent in DNA but present in RNA
What is uracil?
Full name of the method of quickly making billions of copies of a desired section of DNA, with the acronym PCR
What is polymerase chain reaction?
This process is for sexual reproduction
What is meiosis?
This is how you write 28 in binary (AP Compsci people this is your time to shine)
What is 00011100?
The dude who founded genetics by crossing peas and stuff
Who is Gregor Mendel?
Parts of the mRNA not used for translation and the production of proteins that are basically cut out in the nucleus
What are introns?
Small DNA molecules located outside of the chromosome that can replicate independently, basically the little ring thing of DNA in bacteria
What is a plasmid?
When chromosomes of a homologous pair exchange equal segments
What is crossing over?
The failure of homologous chromosomes to separate properly during meiosis
What is nondisjunction?
Bacterial defense mechanism that can be used to target and edit DNA in specific locations, this is also what the protein modeling event models.
What is CRISPR?
Technique where charged molecules are pulled through a gel and this separates the molecules by size
What is gel electrophoresis?
Name the stages of mitosis in order