Cells
What surrounds the cell and controls which substances get through?
Cell membrane
All living things are made of what?
Cells
What are the 4 DNA bases?
A T C G
What is transcription?
Reading DNA to make RNA
What are genes?
What gives the cell its internal structure?
Cytoskeleton
The cell membrane is made up a a bilayer of what?
Phospholipids
What are the 4 RNA bases?
A U C G
What is translation?
The ribosome reads the RNA to make a protein.
We each have a pair of all of our genes. Where do they come from?
One from biological mom and one from biological dad.
What serves as storage in the cell?
Vacuole
What are the two types of heads on phospholipids?
Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic
A binds with what?
T or U for RNA
What are mutations in DNA?
Changes
What is a genotype?
Consists of letters that represent its combination of genes for a trait.
What helps finish and transport proteins?
Rough ER
What is embedded in the membrane that helps with transport and recognition?
Proteins
G
mistakes during replication
DNA nucleotides are missing (deletion)
Extra nucleotides are added (insertion)
What is a phenotype?
The physical result of an organisms genes
What makes food (glucose) for the cell using light energy by photosynthesis?
Chloroplast
What is diffusion?
Movement of substances from high to low concentrations
What is replication?
copying DNA
What is a DNA fingerprint?
Each individual's unique DNA pattern
Each gene has options. What are they called?
Alleles