Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Modern Synthesis
Genetic Material
The Genetic Code
DNA Replication
100
In every generation, more of these are produced than can be supported by the environment
What is offspring
100
This is the evolution and formation of a new species
What is speciation
100
A nucleotide consisting of one molecule each of a phosphoric acid, a sugar, and either a purine or a pyrimidine base.
What is a mononucletide
100
The same institute where Watson and Crick worked hired her
What is Roselind Franklin
100
Each codon codes for a specific this
What is amino acid
200
Darwin's ideas immediately receive widespreade acceptance from this community
What is the scientific community
200
During gamete formation, this and the independent assortment of chromosomes contribute to new genetic recombinations
What is segragation
200
A crude mixture of nucleic acids and many proteins extracted from a cell
What is a nuclein
200
Watson and Crick proposed this famous model of DNA
What is double helix
200
This unpackages an organism's genes
What is helicase
300
Individuals with the most favorable traits survive and go on to reproduced are this
What is naturally selected
300
He defined evolution as "a change in allele frequency within a gene pool"
What is Theodosius Dobzhansky
300
This is a molecule that is composed of many nucleotide units
What is polynucleotide
300
This is nucleotides arranged as triplets
What is codons
300
Each old strand of DNA serves as a template for the construction of this
What is a new strand
400
During Darwin's voyage on this ship from 1831 to 1836, he examined the species on the Galapagos Islands
What is H.M.S Beagle
400
He proposed the "biological species concept"
What is Ernst Mayr
400
He discovered nuclein
What is Miescher
400
The coding regions of a gene are called this
What is exons
400
Meselson and Stahl used this as a model system because prokaryotes have only one single chromosome
What is bacteria
500
In 1858, Darwin published this landmark book
What is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
500
Ronald A. Fisher used statistical methods to quantify this within a population over time
What is genetic variation
500
He studied the nuclear material nuclein and identified the four nitrogenous bases
Who is Albrecht Kossel
500
The noncoding regions of a gene are called this
What is introns
500
This is an example of a codon code phenylalanine
What is UUU
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