formed by two strands of nucleotides twisted around each other in a ladder shape.
What is double helix
100
What are the two nucleic acids found in all living cells?
What is DNA and RNA
100
What are the four types of mutations?
What is Insertion, deletion, duplication, and trans-location.
100
Technology that involves manipulating the DNA of one organism in order to inset exogenous DNA.
What is Genetic Engineering
100
The field of study that involves creating maintaining databases biological information
What is Bioinformatics
200
repeated subunit of chromatin fibers, consisted of DNA coiled around histones.
What is nucleosome
200
Nucleotides are the subunits of nucleic acids and consist of ____-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a _____________.
What is five & nitrogenous base
200
A section of DNA that contains the genes for the potions needed for a specific metabolic pathway.
What is Operon
200
The total DNA present in the nucleus of each cell.
What is the Genome
200
A technique aimed at correcting mutated genes that cause human diseases
What is Gene Therapy
300
the method of DNA replication in which parental strands separate, act as templates, and produce molecules of DNA with one parental DNA strand and one new DNA strand.
What is semiconservative replication
300
In DNA A goes to __ as C goes to __.
What is T & G
300
Organism that is heterozygous for a particular trait.
What is hybrid
300
Newly generated DNA molecule with DNA from different sources is
What is Recombinant DNA
300
What involves spreading DNA fragments using Gel Electrophoresis in order to observe the distinct banding patterns that are unique to every individual
What is DNA Fingerprinting
400
Involves breeding an organism that has the unknown genotype with one that is homozygous recessive for the desired trait.
What is a Test Cross
400
For RNA, A goes to __ as C goes to __.
What is U & G
400
One restriction enzyme that is used widely by scientists is known as
What is EcoRi
400
Replication of bacteria also copies _______ _____ ___.
What is Recombinant Plasmid DNA
400
A ____ is used to determine the genotype of a plant or animal
What is Test Cross
500
An electric current is used to separate DNA fragments according to the size of the fragments.
What is Gel Electrophoresis
500
Who found out that DNA is a double helix?
What is Watson & Crick
500
What enzyme is normally used by cells, DNA repair and replication.
What is DNA ligase.
500
Large numbers of identical bacteria, each containing the inserted DNA molecules, can be produced through this process
What is Cloning
500
Small, circular, double stranded DNA molecules that occur naturally in bacteria and yeast cells– can be used as vectors because they can be cut with restriction enzymes