DNA and Chromosomes
Inheritance
Probability, Punnett Squares and Pedigrees
Misc.
Meiosis
100

What makes a nucleotide

Phosphate, sugar and nitrogenous base

100

A(n) _________ is an alternate version of a gene

allele

100

The missing genotype is: 

aa

100

The type of inheritance where both alleles are displayed equally.

Codominance

100

When does DNA replication take place

Interphase

200

The number of chromosomes that are found in human sperm cells

23

200

_____________________ alleles show their effect even if the individual only has one copy of the allele 

dominant

200

What are the genotypic and phenotypic ratios shown in the problem below:

Genotypic Ratio: Bb= 50%, bb = 50%

Phenotypic Ratio: Undeterminable (not enough information)

200

Which enzyme is required to build an mRNA strand?

RNA polymerase 

200

What holds the chromosomes together

centromeres

300
____________ leads to aneuploidy 

Nondisjunction 

300

What inheritance pattern is shown below

Incomplete Dominance

300

Being freckled or not (F or f) follows the autosomal dominant mode of transmission. Affected individuals are freckled and shaded in the pedigree. According the the pedigree shown below the genotype of individual I-2 is:

Ff

300

How many times does oogenesis arrest? 

twice 

300

When cytokinesis is completed in meiosis it produces ____ haploid cells

4

400

What type of ploidy is it when there is only one chromosome present at a specific location?

Monosomy

400

Blood types are an example of what types of inheritance patterns 

Multiple Alleles and Codominance

400

Determine the genotypes of the parents crossed in the problem below:

RrYy x RRyy

400

____________________ chromosomes:

(a) have the same chromosome number (ex. both are chromosome #4)

(b) contain the same genes/control the same traits

Homologous

400

When does crossing over occur

Prophase 1

500

Create the complementary mRNA strand for the DNA sequence below: 

ATG CAT GGA CTT AGA 

UAC GUA CCU GAA UCU

500

Skin colour is inherited through multiple genes. This inheritance pattern is called.

Polygenic inheritance

500

The trait being passed down below follows what inheritance pattern?

X linked Dominant (all daughters of affected fathers have it)

500

What is the enzyme called that unwinds the DNA during DNA replication? 

DNA helicase 
500

What step of meiosis is shown described as a single file line of chromosomes in the middle of the cell.

Metaphase 2
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