Vocabulary
The organelle where transcription takes place
What is the nucleus?
What is a gene?
These are the 4 bases used in DNA replication
What are A, G, C, and T?
What is a tumor?
The term "chromosome" comes from the words "chroma-" and "-soma" which mean -
chroma=color
Soma = body
All of a cell's genetic material
What is genome?
Term for the three bases that code for an amino acid
What is codon?
This enzyme adds nucleotides to the growing complementary strand during DNA replication.
What is DNA polymerase?
This type of reproduction results in an exact copy of the parent cells, with very little genetic variation
What is asexual reproduction?
Replicate this following DNA sequence:
ATT TAT GCT TGC
What is
TAA ATA CGA ACG
The organelle where translation takes place
What is the ribosome?
These are the 4 nucleotide bases used when transcribing DNA to mRNA
What are A, C, G, U?
This enzyme helps unzip the DNA so it can be replicated
This is the phase of mitosis where chromosomes line up in the middle (or meet in the middle) of the cell
What is metaphase?
DNA shows this type of replication - meaning when it replicates, it has one "new" strand and one "parent" strand
What is semiconservative replication?
One half of a duplicated chromosome - you can have sister ones in mitosis
What is chromatid?
This type of RNA brings amino acids to build a protein
What is tRNA?
Cells undergo this type of cell division after fertilization
What is mitosis?
The three parts of the cell cycle
What are interphase, cell division (or mitosis), and cytokinesis?
What is binary fission?
This is the term used to describe the process which helps carve out distinctive structures like fingers and toes.
This is the central dogma of molecular biology
What is DNA is transcribed into mRNA, which is translated into a protein? (DNA -> RNA -> protein)
What is TCC ATG GTA AAT?
The number of cells you end up with at the end of mitosis
A mutation that does not change the amino acid sequence is known as this:
What is silent mutation?