Cell Cycle
Meiosis
Mendel's Genetics
Inheritance
Structure & Replication
100

One particular cell finishes Mitosis and enters G0. What type of body cell might this cell? (Epithelial, hair, skeletal, muscle, etc)

Nerve or cardiac

100

Cells that will eventually undergo Meiosis and produce gametes are called...

Ex: embryonic testes/ovaries

Germ cells 

100

In a Testcross, the individual whose genotype is unknown is crossed with an individual who is... 

Homozygous recessive

100

When can nondisjuction occur? 

Anaphase 

100
How can you tell if a nucleotide is DNA or RNA? 

-OH or -H on 2nd carbon; prescence of U instead of T

200

You find a feather from a duck and analyze its chromosomes. You determine each cell contains 80 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in this duck's gametes? 

40

200

A pair of chromosomes that have the same genes and are similar enough to cross over are called....

Homologous chromosomes 

200

What is the genotypic ratio of a dihybrid cross between two heterozygous parents (Ex: both parents = AaBb)

9:3:3:1

200
Two genes are close together on the same chromosome. Recombination via crossing over is likely or unlikely? 

Unlikely 

200

What enzyme is used in Nucleotide Excision Repair to cut out incorrect nucleotides?

Nuclease

300

In which stage do spindle fibers begin to emerge from the centrosomes?

Prophase 

300

Which of the mechanisms of genetic variation occurs first?

Crossing over 

300

A plant has the genotype SSppCcHh. How many unique gametes can it make? 

4 (SpCH, Spch, SpCh, SpcH)

300
A tetraploid watermelon has 44 total chromosomes. What is the ploidy of this watermelon 

11

300
A particular DNA sample consists of 20% thymine. How much cytosine is in this sample? 

30% cytosine

400
During Interphase, one particular cell notices some of its genes are mutated oncogenes. What point might the cell notice this?

S checkpoint 

400

Meiosis can only occur in _______ organisms

Diploid

400

A man is homozygous dominant for the Red Hair gene. He is also homozygous dominant for the Bald gene? 

What is his phenotype? What is the relationship between these two genes? 

Bald; Epistasis 

400

Why are the vast majority of Calico cats and Tortoiseshell cats female?

Random inactivation of an X chromosome 

400

This DNA segment is 5' AGGTTACTA 3'. What is the complementary strand?

3' TCCAATGAT 5'

500

In Mitosis, chromosomes are pulled apart during Anaphase. What is the name of the specific structure these chromosomes are in during Mitosis?

Sister chromatids; X

500

Which stage does crossing over occur? 

Prophase I 

500

A homozygous dominant brown bull is crossed with a homozygous recessive all-white cow. All of the resulting offspring have tan fur. 

What is the relationship between Brown and White fur color?

Incomplete Dominance

500

A woman is a carrier for a recessive disease while her husband has no history of the disease. None of their daughters have the disease, but half of their sons do. What is the nature of this disease?

X-Linked 

500

Which DNA strand utilizes multiple RNA primers?

Lagging strand