Mitosis
What type of cells does mitosis occur in?
Somatic (Body) Cells
What type of cells does meiosis occur in?
Germ cells
Who is Gregor Mendel?
He is the "Father of modern genetics". He described the process we call segregation of alternative traits
What is transcription?
DNA copied to mRNA
What is the opposite of telophase?
Prophase
What is the result of mitosis?
2 identical diploid cells
What kind of reproduction does meiosis occur in?
Sexual Reproduction
What is a Phenotype?
The physical expression of a trait.
What is translation?
RNA uncoded into a sequence of amino acids into a polypeptide (protein).
Is cystic fibrosis caused by a dominate allele or a recessive allele?
Recessive
What phase do eukaryotic cells spend most of their time?
Interphase
What are 3 ways genetic recombination occurs?
Crossing over
Independent assortment
Fertilization
When do alleles segregate? (what phase?)
Anaphase 1
Where is the site of protein synthesis?
Ribosome
What is my cats name?
Banjo
What does mitosis help organisms do?
Grow, repair and reproduce asexually
What forms when a sperm and egg fuse together?
Zygote
If a Man has an X linked trait does he have to worry about his Son getting the trait from him?
NO
How many amino acids are there?
20
How old am I?
21
What organism undergoes binary fission?
Bacteria
How many autosomes do people have?
22 pairs
If someone has the gentoype PpOorr What genotype would give the same phenotype?
PPOorr or PPOOrr
What are the different types of mutations?
Frame shift- insertion or deletion of nucleotide
Point mutation- substitution of one nucleotide for another
Silent mutation – redundancy of code
Nonsense mutation – polypeptide doesn’t function
Mis-sense – protein functions, but not well
Where did I go to high school?
Park Hill High School