mitosis
mitosis involves one cell ____.
division
the longest phase of the cell cycle
interphase
all human cells contain _____ chromosomes.
46
these two things make up the "backbone" of DNA
phosphate and sugar
the number od chromosomes in human cells produced via mitosis
46
mitosis makes ____ cells.
identical
how many new daughter cells are made during meiosis
4
heterozygous parents are crossed, what percent of offspring will be homozygous dominate
25%
the 3 parts of a nucleotide
phosphate, sugar and base
how many strands make up a DNA double helix
two linked strands.
your cells have an organelle which is called the center of the cell.
nucleus
what is the purpose of meiosis
to create gametes
What does DNA stand for
deoxyribonucleic acid
ATGC
how do cells make accurate copies of DNA
through a process called DNA
_____, is your genetic information
DNA
what is the purpose of the cell cycle
to allow a cell to grow, replicate its DNA, and divide into two new daughter cells.
chromosomes are made up of ____.
DNA
this is the name of the building blocks of DNA (it contains three molecules)
nucleotide
what holds on strand against the other in the double helix?
hydrogen bonds
DNA can be organized into condensed units called _____.
chromosomes
this symbol is placed after the name of the phase to indicate which of the 2 cycles that it is in
roman numeral
sequence of nucleotides
gene
this is the shape DNA is discribed as
double helix
what is a codon?
a codon is a DNA or RNA sequence