Genes & DNA-Brooklyn
What are chromosomes composed of?
What is DNA
What is CGT?
What is Cytosine-Guanine-Thymine?
Some mutations are the result of small changes in an organism's __________
Hereditary material
The process of change on a genetic level for good or for bad is called?
Mutation
Ribonucleic acid is short for?
What is RNA
The bases in a gene are arranged in a specific order
True or False?
True
Example: ATGACGTAC
A nitrogen base forms _______?
What is Genetic Code?
What happens when chromosomes don't separate correctly during meiosis?
(2 answers)
A cell can end up with too many or too few chromosomes. Also the cell could end up with extra segments of chromosomes.
Change in fur or skin color to better hide itself Is a example of?
Helpful mutation
To carry the genetic code from the DNA inside the nucleus into the cytoplasm.
What is the role of RNA?
What is the main function of genes?
To control the production of proteins in an organism's cell.
What does CGT code for?
What is Amino-Acid-Alanine?
Mutations can cause a cell to produce an incorrect protein during ________
protein synthesis
Easier to be hunted by pretender, Extinction or More prone to sickness. These are examples of?
Types of harmful mutation
This type of RNA transfers amino acids to the ribosomes and adds the acids to growing proteins
What is transfer RNA?
Typically how much is a single gene on a chromosome.
May contain anywhere from several hundred to a million or more of these bases.
Proteins are _________ molecules?
What are Long-chain
If a mutation occurs in a body cell, such as a skin cell will it be passed on to the organism's offspring?
no sirr
Loses of size, mass or the gain of a extra finger or toe is a example of?
Neither helpful nor hurtful mutation
This type of RNA copies the coded messages from the DNA and takes it to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
What is messenger RNA?
What are the four different nitrogen bases that form the rungs of the DNA "ladder"
Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G), and Cytosine (C)
A gene contains the code that determines the structure of a _______?
What is a protein
As a result, the _______ trait, or _____, may be different from what it would normally have been.
organisms, phenotype
What are the three different effects of mutation?
Harmful, helpful, or neither harmful nor helpful Mutation
Ribonucleic acids are single stranded, contains different sugars, and uses uracil instead of thymine.
What is the differences between RNA and DNA