Genetics/Inheritance
What is an homozygous organism?
Has two identical alleles for a gene
Organelle that produce energy in our body
Mitochondria
What is natural selection ?
Process where the best-adapted organisms survive
What is a veterinarian?
A doctor specialized in animal health
What is biotechnology?
Use of living organisms to create products
Mention the 3 Laws of Mendel
1.Uniformity
2.Segregation
3. independent Assortment
What is cellular respiration?
Process that converts glucose into ATP
Mention the 4 mechanism of evolution in populations
1. Natural Selection
2. Genetical Drift
3. Gene flow (Migration)
4. Mutation
What are the 2 main groups of animals?
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
What is cloning?
Process of producing genetically identical organisms
2 flowers are crossed between each other (red and white) and the resultant flower presents a new phenotype of pink color, what type and subtype of inheritance is present
Non Mendelian Inheritance
Incomplete Dominance
What is photosynthesis and wich phases it have?
Process by which plants produce glucose
Ligth cycle (ligth reactions)
Calvin cycle (dark reactions)
A flow of water remove all the original bones leaving just an impresion in the sediment of a dinosaur, What type and subtype of evidence of evolution is present
Paleontological Evidence
Natural Cast
What is sterilization (spaying/neutering)?
Surgical procedure to prevent animal reproduction
What are fermented foods ? Give one example
Food like yogurt or cheese made using bacteria
Green eyes are recessive to brown eyes. If a father (Aa) mates with a mother (aa), what is the probability that the child will be born with green eyes?
50% =2/4
What is fermentation and what subtypes have?
Metabolic pathway that occurs without oxygen before krebs cycle (anaerobic process)
Lactic and Alcoholic Fermentation
Hardy-weinberg equilibrium is an important principle in population of species, mention its 5 conditions to stay in equilibrium and which law of mendel is applied when obtaining the ecuation
What is vaccination?
Procedure that helps prevent diseases in animals by stimulating immunity
What are transgenic organisms and how do they impact our current society?
Organisms that have had genes from another species inserted into their DNA, positive: plagues, more vitamins and nutrients, negative: affection of weather and ecosistems
In a crossing of 2 flowers one Orange (R,Am) and a purple flower (R,Az) what are the possible resultants of flowers in the next generation and what percentage, consider Incomplete dominance present and 3 alleles giving diferent pigments (Az=Blue/Azul)(R=Red/Rojo)(Am=Yellow/Amarillo), use the mix of colors as the color circle
25% =Red
25%=Orange
25%=Green
25%=Purple
What is the Krebs cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)?
Metabolic pathway that generates ATP and electron carriers by oxidizing acetyl-CoA, producing CO₂ as a byproduct in the mitochondrial matrix
In a population of 1600 rabbits in the hills black rabbits are a dominant trait while spotted one are recessive, if in the population 1536 are black , what is the frecuency of the “p” allele (black - dominant allele)
p= 0.8
What is zoonosis?
Study of diseases transmitted from animals to humans
What is hydroponics?
Growing plants without soil using nutrient-rich water