Cell Divison
This takes up about 10% of cell cycle
What is mitosis?
Plants use this green pigment to capture light
What is chlorophyll?
This term describes a cell or organism with 2 matching sets of chromosomes
What is diploid?
This term describes the physical appearance or characteristics of a genotype
What is a phenotype?
This term is used to describe haploid eggs and sperm
What are gametes?
Cell growth and the gathering of materials for DNA replication and division are part of this phase
What is interphase?
Calvin Cycle reactions convert Co2 into this chemical
What is glucose?
This mechanism within meiosis generates genetic variation
What is crossover/recombinant?
This term describes the allele - RR
What is homozygous?
This term describes the cell division that contains only half as much DNA (23)
What is meiosis?
The cytoplasm divides in this phase of the cell cycle
What is cytokinesis?
Photosynthesis provides the food in which all of these types of organisms eat
What are heterotrophs?
Four new cells form in this specific phase of meiosis
What is telophase 2?
This specific law states that parents contribute one allele each and are random
What is the law of segregation?
This term is used to characterize a flower that exhibits both red and white petals, which originate from a separate red flower and white flower
What is codominance?
This phase is responsible for chromosomes that line up in the middle
What is metaphase?
Light-______ reactions occur in the Stroma
What is independent?
This is the final product of meiosis
What are four haploid cells? (all different)
A(n) ______ allele is expressed by one allele overruling another allele (i.e. Bb or BB)
What is dominant?
This specific law states that genes are inherited independently of one another
What is the law of independent assortment?
Two cells that are ______ to its parent cells are produced as a result of mitosis
What is identical/same?
Light gets converted into ______ in the Thylakoid
What is energy/ATP?
This term is described as a chromosomal failure of separation between sister chromatids
What is nondisjunction?
This person is considered the "father of genetics"
Who is Gregor Mendel?
Nondisjunction usually occurs in this phase of cell division
What is anaphase?