Cell Division
DNA
RNA
Protein Synthesis
Heredity
100
The type of cell division unique to prokaryotes
What is binary fission?
100
The generic structure of DNA
What is double helix (will also accept twisted ladder, dual stranded, etc.)
100
The generic structure of RNA
What is single-stranded?
100
The first step of protein synthesis
What is transcription?
100
Inheriting the same allele from each parent
What is homozygous?
200
The number of rounds of cell division in meiosis
What is 2?
200
The sugar in the backbone of DNA
What is deoxyribose?
200
The sugar in the backbone of RNA
What is Ribose?
200
The second step of protein synthesis
What is translation?
200
Carrying different alleles from each parent
What is heterozygous?
300
Cell division resulting in 2 diploid somatic cells
What is mitosis?
300
The 4 nitrogenous bases of DNA
What are Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine
300
The 4 nitrogenous bases of RNA
What are Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanine?
300
The name for the 3-base code on mRNA
What is codon?
300
In order to express a recessive trait, an individual must be this
What is homozygous?
400
Cell division resulting in 4 haploid gamete cells
What is meiosis?
400
What holds the nitrogenous bases together
What are hydrogen bonds?
400
The RNA strand given the DNA template: TAAGCGATG
What is AUUCGCUAC?
400
The name for the 3-base code on tRNA
What is anticodon?
400
The percent chance of expressing OR carrying the trait "blue eyes"
What is 75%?
500
The stage of mitotic cell division that finishes with cytokinesis
What is telophase?
500
The directions that the DNA strands run
What is antiparallel? (5' to 3')
500
What mRNA codes for
What is amino acids? (also protein)
500
The start codon
What is AUG?
500
The percent chance of expressing the trait "brown eyes"
What is 75%?