Cells
The smallest unit of an organism
What is a cell?
Creates 2 daughter cells
What is mitosis?
Protein synthesis occurs through these
What is transcription and translation?
Is in the shape of a double helix
DNA
The basic unit of heredity
What is a gene?
These types of cells have a nucleus
What is a eukaryotic cell?
Creates 4 daughter cells
What is meiosis?
The process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA
What is transcription?
The 4 building blocks of DNA
What is Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine?
Carries genetic information of an organism
What is a chromosome?
The cells of single-celled organisms
What is a prokaryotic cell?
Creates new cells
What is mitosis and meiosis?
Converts genetic information into proteins
What is translation?
DNA stands for ____.
What is deoxyribose nucleic acid?
The set of genes in an organism
What is genotype?
These types of cells have cell walls
What is mitosis?
Occurs on ribosomes
What is translation?
The DNA message gets out of the nucleus using this
What is RNA?
A specific characteristic of an organism
What is a trait?
These specialize within the body
What is a cell?
Occurs in the production of gametes in reproduction
What is meiosis?
Serves as a link (or adaptor) between the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule and the growing chain of amino acids that make up a protein.
What is tRNA?
In this molecule, uracil replace thymine
What is RNA?
Responsible for the variations in which a given trait can be expressed.