DNA
The name of the strand of DNA that is used for making a second strand
Template
Chromosomes are made of _______ and ________
DNA and proteins
_______ is the process in which the information in a strand of mRNA is used to construct a protein.
Translation
AaBb Give all the gamete possibilities
AB Ab aB ab
The investigator responsible for the discovery that A=T and C=G in DNA from any species.
Erwin Chargaff
The two purines in DNA
Adenine and guanine
When constructing a Punnett square, the letters on the outside of the square represent ________
Gametes
_______ is the process that converts the genetic information stored in DNA to an RNA copy.
Transcription
Cross a rabbit with black fur (BB) with a rabbit with white fur (bb). The phenotype of all the offspring is ___________
Black fur
The number of bases "read" together on the mRNA to designate each amino acid
3
The two pyrimidines in DNA.
Cytosine and thymine
Having 2 different alleles for a specific gene
Heterozygous
The tRNA anticodon GAC is complementary to the mRNA codon with the sequence ________
CUG
DNA reads ATCGGAATC
Corresponding piece of mRNA reads_______
UAGCCUUAG
Having 2 identical alleles for a specific gene
Homozygous
Short segments of newly synthesized DNA are joined into a continuous strand by the enzyme _______
Ligase
_______ occurs when a chromosome breaks and the fragment joins a non-homologous chromosome
Translocation
This molecular structure contains codons
mRNA
AABbCC Give all of the gamete possibilities
ABC ABC AbC AbC
ABC ABC AbC AbC
The most common autosomal trisomy at birth in the USA
Down syndrome
DNA replication is said to be __________ because each new double helix consists of one old and one new strand.
Semiconservative
The cell that results when a diploid gamete fertilizes a haploid gamete
Triploid cell
The name of the process in which primary mRNA is edited into mature mRNA.
RNA processing
A male and female are not colorblind, but have a colorblind male offspring. Give the parents genotypes
XNXn XNY
Neither allele is dominant or recessive so both traits appear clearly side-by-side without blending
Codominance