The passage of genetic instructions (traits) from parent to offspring.
100
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids
100
The fact that only one gene for each trait may be passed from parent to offspring is known as Mendal's Law of
What is Segregation?
100
In RNA, thymine is replaced by what nitrogen base?
What is uracil?
200
Where are genes located?
On the chromosomes
200
Who first studied heredity and the passage of traits from one generation to the next?
Gregor Mendel
200
The molecule responsible for carrying the instructions for making a protein into the cytoplasm
What is mRNA
200
The 2 _________ on paired chromosomes constitute a gene. Also they are variations of genes that determine traits.
Alleles
200
The DNA molecule has this type of backbone
What is sugar-phosphate?
300
Any mistakes in copying genetic information
What is a mutation?
300
What type of organism did Gregor Mendel use to first study heredity?
Pea Plants
300
The process of downloading genetic information from DNA to mRNA
What is transcription?
300
__________ alleles exhibit their effect if they are present on 1 chromosome
Dominant allele
300
The type of mutation where one base in swapped for another base
What is substitution or point
400
A table that is used to make predictions about future offspring.
What is a Punnett Square?
400
The physical trait observed in an offspring is known as it's -
Phenotype
400
These are known as the protein making factories
What are ribosomes?
400
________ alleles exhibit their effect only when both chromosomes have the allele.
recessive allele
400
Site of DNA transcription
What is the nucleus?
500
What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of letters?
Genotype
500
Mendal's factors for heredity
Parents genes
500
The molecule responsible for "plugging in" the correct amino acid based on the codon
What is tRNA?
500
Long ears are dominant (E) in rabbits. If one parent is homozygous dominant for the long ear trait and the other homozygours reccessive (e), what are the possible genotypes of the offspring?
Ee
500
Caused when an extra base pair is included or a base pair is deleted