a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is to determind to offspring and is held to determind some characteristics of the offspring
What is a Gene?
100
They are chromosome pairs; one from each parent they are similar in length, gene position, and centronere location
Homologous Chromosomes
100
A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the numbers of chromosomes of the parent cell
What is Meiosis?
200
peices of identical DNA that are crucial in the process of cell replication
What is Sister Chromatids?
200
One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation
What is Allele?
200
The genetic constitution of an individual organisms
What is Genotype?
300
A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, alying genetic information
What is a Chromosome?
300
The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting form the interaction of it's genotype with the enviroment
What is a Phenotype?
300
The resting phase between successive miotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis
What is Interphase?
400
Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA
What is a Nucleotide?
400
The cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis
What is Cytokinesis?
400
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane.
What is a Cell?
500
A self replicating material present in nearly all living organisms it is the carrier of genetic information
What is DNA?
500
A type of cell division that results of two daughter cells each having the same number and king of chromosomes as the parent
What is Mitosis?
500
BONUS: who invented and established the structure of DNA?