DNA Characteristics
The amount of strands in a DNA molecule?
What is 2
The amount of strands in a RNA molecule.
What is 1 strand.
Three things DNA is composed of.
What is a Sugar, a Phosphate, and a Nitrogenous Base/Base pair
Cytosine with always pair with ______ .
Guanine
the scientific study of heredity and genetic variation
What is Genetics?
The Nitrogenous Base Pair found only in DNA.
What is Thymine (T)
The Nitrogenous Base Pair found only in RNA.
What is Uracil
It's function is to store information for Protein synthesis.
What is RNA.
In DNA, Adenine will always pair with _____.
Thymine.
the process by which traits are passed from parent to offspring
What is heredity?
The Sugar found in DNA
What is Deoxyribose
The Sugar found in DNA
It's function is to Express Genes.
What is DNA.
In RNA, Adenine will always pair with ______.
Uracil
Name 2 fields genetics can be found.
Medicine, Agriculture, Conservation Bio, Forensics
The structure/shape of a DNA Molecule.
What is a Double Helix
The structure/shape of a RNA Molecule.
What is a single helix
It's Function is to Store Information
What is DNA.
Mendel's study of pea plants led to the discovery of what law?
Law of Inheritance
Name two characteristics of model organisms
short life cycle, ease of growth and maintenance, small genome size, well established body of existing genetic research.
The non-abbreviated name of DNA.
What is DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
The non-abbreviated name of RNA.
What is RiboNucleic Acid.
It's function is to copy information for future cells and organisms.
DNA.
Who coined the term "genetics"?
William Bateson
What is the difference between single and polygenic traits?
Poly- multiple genes code for a certain trait
Single- single gene codes for a certain trait