Mendel's Laws
The father of genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
DNA is shaped like this structure.
What is a double helix?
When both alleles are fully expressed in heterozygotes.
What is codominance?
The RNA that carries genetic information from DNA.
What is mRNA?
This term describes how each new DNA molecule consists of one old strand and one new strand.
What is semiconservative replication?
Gregory Mendel used this particular plant in many of his experiments.
What is garden pea?
This process copies DNA before cell division.
What is DNA replication?
In this inheritance pattern, heterozygotes show a blend of traits.
What is incomplete dominance?
This type of RNA combines with proteins to form ribosomes.
What is rRNA (ribosomal RNA)?
This enzyme unzips the DNA double helix by breaking hydrogen bonds between base pairs.
What is helicase?
Mendel’s first law is also known as this.
What is the Law of Segregation?
The sugar found in DNA.
What is deoxyribose?
In codominance, both alleles are expressed. This human blood type is an example.
What is AB blood type?
The process by which mRNA is synthesized from DNA.
What is transcription?
This enzyme adds complementary nucleotides during DNA replication.
What is DNA polymerase?
This law states that gene pairs segregate independently during gamete formation.
What is the Law of Independent Assortment?
This base is present in RNA, but not DNA.
What is uracil?
More males than females are affected by this type of genetic disorder.
What is an X-linked recessive disorder?
The process of assembling a protein from mRNA.
What is translation?
This enzyme seals breaks in the sugar-phosphate backbone, especially on the lagging strand.
What is DNA ligase?
This tool shows all possible combinations of alleles in offspring.
What is a Punnett square?
This scientist’s X-ray diffraction data helped reveal DNA’s helical shape.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
A diagram that tracks inheritance through generations.
What is a pedigree?
This RNA brings amino acids to the ribosome.
What is tRNA?
During replication, this small segment is synthesized on the lagging strand and later joined.
What is an Okazaki fragment?