This type of trait or allele will be "hidden" in a heterozygous individual
What is recessive
100
one gene that influenced many phenotypes
What is pleitropic
100
The combination of bases in base pairs
What is A pairs with T and C pairs with G
100
This term was coined to describe the flow of genetic information in a cell
What is the central dogma DNA to RNA to Protein
100
The location (organelle) within the cell where genetic information is stored
What is the nucleus
200
The scientific term used to describe the plants that Mendel called "true-breeding"
What is homozygous
200
when a gene impact the expression of another gene
What is epistasis
200
the place in the DNA molecule where DNA synthesis is actively taking place AND the phase during the cell cycle when this occurs
What is the replication bubble or fork AND S phase (of Interphase)
200
A process that occurs in the nucleus in which mRNA is made from a DNA template
What is transcription
200
Term that explains two genes are present in close proximity in the same chromosome
What is Linked
300
Called a mendilian ratio, it is the number of dominant to recessive individuals that you get when two heterozygotes mate
What is 3:1 (dom to rec)
300
When neither allele is dominant over the other and the heterozygous organism displays an intermediate phenotype
What is incomplete dominance
300
The term that describes the nature of DNA replication based on the results of Meselson and Stahl
What is semiconservative
300
This type of RNA molecule brings the proper amino acid to the ribosome during translation
What is transfer RNA (tRNA)
300
Mendel's second law that states that genes located on different chromosomes are inherited independently
What is independent assortment
400
the term used for the physical expression of the alleles in an organism
What is phenotype
400
When neither allele is dominant over the other and the heterozygous organism displays both phenotypes
What is codominance
400
Two enzymes involved in DNA replication that unwind and synthesize the new strand
What is helicase and DNA polymerase
400
this is the site in the ribosome where the growing peptide strand is anchored during translation
What is the P site
400
Term that is used to describe when two different sections of DNA are combined into a single piece of DNA
What is recombinant DNA
500
The definition of a testcross and when would you use it
What is a breeding experiment where you mate an unknown dominant (phenotypically) organism with a recessive (phenotypically) to determine the genotype of the unknown.
500
the two phases of meiosis where nondisjunction can occur
What is anaphase I or anaphase II
500
This is the complimentary strand of DNA that would be paired with ATA TTC GGA GAG
What is TAT AAG CCT CTC
500
If TTT CGC ATA is the CODING STRAND for a segment of DNA this would be the mRNA strand that is synthesized
What is UUU CGC AUA Coding: TTT CGC ATA
Template: AAA GCG TAT
500
The two types of DNA sequences in a gene, one which codes for protein and the other that does not
What are exons (coding seq.) and introns (non coding seq)