Genetics Daddy
Geno/Pheno
Protein Synthesis
Potpourri
Gee--STL
100

Gregor Mendel cross-pollinated these plants to study different characteristics

What are peas?

100
An organism's physical appearance is called this.
What is a phenotype?
100

The first step of DNA translation

What is unzipping?

100
Any change in a gene or chromosome is called this.
What is a mutation?
100

The average times to walk between clinical and research labs.

What is 5 minutes?

200
Mendel used T to show the dominant allele for height, meaning tall. He used this letter to show the recessive allele.
What is t
200
This is the term that refers to the physical characteristics that are studied in genetics.
What is a trait?
200

This structure is the site of protein synthesis.

What is a ribosome?

200

The molecule that goes by DNA for short.

What is deoxyribonucleic acid?

200

The number of genes covered in the OncoPlex assay.

What is 373?

300
The notation TT or AA to a geneticist means there are this many dominant alleles in a genotype.
What is 2 (two)
300
An organism's genetic type is called this.
What is a genotype?
300
The order of bases along a gene determines the order in which these are put together to form a protein.
What is amino acids?
300
This nitrogen base is in RNA but NOT in DNA.
What is uracil?
300

This faculty member contributed to practice-changing recommendations for male prostate cancer.

Who is Colin Pritchard

400

The probability of producing a tall pea plant from a cross between two heterozygous pea plants (tall is the dominant trait)

What is 75% (or three in four)

400
Two different forms of a gene are called this.
What are alleles?
400
This copies the coded message from the DNA and carries it into the cytoplasm.
What is messenger RNA?
400
An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is called this.
What is homozygous
400

These three groups were integrated with the GSTL in March

What are cytogenetics, cytogenomics, and the CDL?

500

Gregor Mendel, in addition to studying pea plants, was this religious leader.

What is a friar?

500
An organism with two different alleles is called this.
What is a hybrid?
500

This carries amino acids and adds them to the growing proteins.

What is transfer RNA?

500
Genes are carried from the parent to the offspring on structures called this.
What are chromosomes?
500

The month Tina became division head for the Genetics department.

What is February?

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