INHERITED TRAITS AND GENETICS
What are the 2 types of alleles?
Dominant and recessive
DNA is used as the instructions for making what?
I am unicellular, prokaryotic, found everywhere except in harsh environments, and I am the most studied of the others like me.
Eubacteria
Natural selection acts on the _____, not the genotype
Phenotype
Unwound DNA found in the nucleus is called what?
Chromatin
What are also known as segments of DNA that code for a particular characteristic in an organism?
Genes
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
James Watson and Fransis Crick
I am multicellular, eukaryotic, and I absorb my food.
Fungi
What are 3 out of the 5 things that are evidence of evolution?
Fossil Record, Homologous Body Structures, Vestigial Organs, Embryology, DNA Evidence.
What is it called when homologous chromosomes exchange DNA?
Crossing over
What are physical characteristics called?
Phenotype
Duplication of DNA happens in which phase of the cell cycle?
interphase
I am multicellular, I can move at some point in my life, and I consume food.
Animalia
Who is the "Father of Evolution"?
Charles Darwin
The sister chromatids are separated during which part of mitosis?
Anaphase
What are traits controlled by more than one gene called?
Polygenic traits
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Most of me are unicellular, we are usually found in aquatic environments, and we cannot be classified as animal, plant, or fungus.
Protista
Name 3 out of the 5 key parts of Drawin's Theory of Natural Selection
Overproduction, Variation, Competition, Selection, Evolution.
In what phase of the cell cycle is DNA duplicated?
Interphase
Who is known as the "Father of Genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
What are the 3 parts that make up a nucleotide?
Deoxyribose sugar
Phosphate group
Nitrogen base
I am found in extreme environments, I'm unicellular, and I'm make up of prokaryotes.
Archaebacteria
What islands did Darwin study finches on? (spelling doesn't matter)
Galápagos Islands
What are the four phases of mitosis called?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.