This is used to increase fruit yield and/or resistance to disease (in plants)
What is plant cloning
100
What three things make up a nucleotide?
What is sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogenous base
200
What DNA stands for
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
200
The number of strands that makes up RNA
What is one
200
During translation, the type of amino acid that is added to the growing polypeptide depends on what?
What is the codon on the mRNA and the anticodon on the tRNA
200
The turning on and off of genes and leads to specialization of cells
What is gene regulation
200
Who created the first 3D model of DNA?
What is Watson and Crick
300
what makes up the backbone of DNA
What is sugar and phosphat
300
What does RNA stand for
What is ribonucleic acid
300
Initiation, elongation, and termination make up what?
Transcription
300
The regrowth of body parts
What is regeneration
300
If there is 22% adenine in a DNA sample, what percent of thyamine would there be?
What is 22%
400
What makes up the "rungs" of DNA
What is nitrogenous base
400
Which nitrogenous base replaces thyamine
What is uracil
400
A set of three nitrogenous bases on mRNA (ex: CCG) makes up a __________, on tRNA they are called __________.
What is a codon and anticodon
400
The overall process by which genetic information flows from genes to proteins
What is gene expression
400
The scientist who used pea plants to follow traits through the P generation, F1 generation, and the F2 generation?
Who is Gregor Mendel
500
What are the four nitrogenous bases?
What is adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thyamine
500
What are the three types of RNA?
What is mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA
500
What is the function of mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA?
What is to carry the copy of the DNA sequence, to make corresponding amino acid chain, and to form a ribosome
500
The difference between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells
What is adult stem cells are partway differentiated (they can only give rise to a few related types of specialized cells)
500
What is the cell theory?
The cell is the basic unit of structure in living things, all cells come from pre-existing cells, and all living things are composed of one or more cells