DNA
DNA has two strands, which base pairs match?
A-T, G-C
mRNA stands for
Messenger RNA
How many cells do you end up with after meiosis 2?
4
A ________ mutation replaces one base
The chain of _________ forms a protein after it leaves the ribosome
Amino Acids
Segments of DNA that code for proteins are called ______
Genes
tRNA stands for
Transfer RNA
The daughter cells in meiosis are diploid or haploid?
haploid
A ___________ mutation results in a base being removed
deletion
tRNA
_________ __________ is why we all have different DNA sequences
Genetic Diversity
RNA
Give two examples of gametes
eggs and sperm
A __________ mutation results in a new base being added
Insertion
RNA is different than DNA in two ways, what are they
T = U and single stranded
How many base pairs in human DNA?
3 billion
RNA stands for..
ribonucleic acid
A zygote is... and is diploid or haploid
a fertilized egg, diploid
A __________ mutation results in a premature stop codon
Nonsense
mRNA is made in the Nucleus True or False
True
This protein is responsible for replicating DNA by reading the strand
DNA polymerase
tRNA's job is what?
Making amino acid chains from mRNA
________ is when chromosomes touch in prophase and DNA goes to a different chromosome
crossing over
This type of mutation results in the wrong codons being read
Frameshift
This protein makes mRNA by reading the DNA sequence
RNA polymerase