Vocab #1
two strands of DNA going in the opposite direction
What is antiparallel?
uncontrolled cell growth
What is cancer?
why testes are outside body
What is to keep cool at optimum temp?
a passageway through the cell membrane
What is a transport or carrier protein?
the chromosomes of a male
What are X and Y?
the two part naming system created by Linnaeus
What is binomial nomenclature?
What is anaphase?
What is a zygote?
What is embryology?
the structure which holds two chromosomes together
What is the centromere?
two copies of each chromosome
synonym for survival of the fittest
What is natural selection?
the hollow ball of cells
What is a blastocyst?
programmed cell death
What is apoptosis?
a structure no longer needed - like your appendix
What is a vestigial structure?
base pairing rules in DNA
What is A with T, and C with G?
When DNA is copied, one strand is old and one is new
What is semiconservative?
the place where sperm mature
What is the epididymis?
genotype with same alleles
What is homozygous?
what happens in incomplete dominance
What is the two traits blend?
similar structure, different function
What are homologous structures?
turning DNA into RNA
What is transcription?
what must dilate for childbirth
What is the cervix?
a gene pool where most get wiped out from natural disaster
What is bottleneck effect?
a change in the genetic sequence
What is a mutation?