DNA
Transcription/Translation
Mutations
Inheritance Patterns
Pedigrees
100
The basic building block of all life.
What is DNA?
100
The base that appears only in RNA.
What is uracil?
100
A change to a DNA sequence.
What is a mutation?
100
The physical characteristics expressed by an organism.
What is a phenotype?
100
An open square represents this kind of individual.
What is an unaffected male?
200
The monomer of DNA.
What is a nucleotide?
200
To match or fit in correctly, like a puzzle piece.
What is complementary?
200
This mutation is found in a single DNA base pair.
What is a point mutation?
200
This inheritance pattern involves dominant alleles being expressed over their recessive counterparts.
What is autosomal?
200
Pedigrees are numbered using this style of numerals.
What are Roman numerals?
300
The shape of DNA.
What is a double helix?
300
A series of three base pairs.
What is a codon?
300
This special genetic test is how scientists can view possible chromosomal mutations.
What is a karyotype?
300
This inheritance pattern involves the blending of two dominant phenotypes into a third.
What is incomplete dominance?
300
An individual that possesses a recessive trait but does not express that trait is called this.
What is a carrier?
400
These are the four nitrogen bases to DNA.
What are adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine?
400
This codon signals for the process of translation to begin.
What is methionine (start codon)?
400
This chromosomal mutation involves changing the placement of genes within the same chromosome.
What is inversion?
400
Perform the following cross:
A homozygous recessive individual is crossed with a heterozygous individual. What is the possibility to have recessive offspring?
What is 50%?
400
The expressed trait is inherited in what manner?
What is dominant?
500
Nitrogen bases are held together by this style of bond.
What is a hydrogen bond?
500
Translate the following sequence:
AUG-GCA-UAU-CAG-UGA
What is methionine-alanine-tyrosine-glutamine-stop?
500
This mutation causes the entire codon "sentence" to be read differently than how it should.
What is a frameshift mutation?
500
Perform the following cross:
Color blindness is an X-linked recessive allele.
A man affected by color blindness marries a woman who is a carrier for colorblindness. What is the chance of their daughters being colorblind?
What is 25%?
500
What is the likely genotype of individual III-3?
What is heterozygous dominant? (carrier)