Plant Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology
1st half of the semester
Terms
100

Part of the plant that provides support; holds leaves, flowers, and buds; stores food; and connects roots to leaves.

Stem

100

A genotype with either both dominant (XX) or both recessive (xx) alleles is described as this.

Homozygosity

100

Disease that results from unchecked cell division

Cancer

100

Close interactions between individuals of different species over extended periods of time. 

Symbiosis

100

An individual's observed traits

Phenotype

200

These two adaptations allowed plants to reduce their dependence on water.

Seeds and pollen

200
A type of mutation resulting from a nucleotide insertion or deletion.

Frameshift mutation

200

Undifferentiated cells that can be totipotent, pluripotent, or multipotent

Stem cells

200

What is measured and affected in an experiment

Dependent variable

200

Both alleles for same characteristic expressed simultaneously in heterozygote. Ex. Blood type.

Codominance

300

This group of plants have xylem and phloem.

Vascular plants

300

Nucleotide that is only found in RNA

Uracil

300

The "garbage disposal" of the cell; breaks down unused cell parts

Lysosome

300

The energy molecule for most organisms.

ATP

300

Stalk that extends from the stem to the base of a leaf

Petiole

400

Wind, water, animal fur, clothing, digestion/defecation

Mechanisms of seed dispersal

400

A principle stating that alleles of different genes separate independently of each other during metaphase I of meiosis.

Independent Assortment

400

Genes that code for proteins that prevent unchecked cell division

Tumor suppressor genes

400

A type of symbiosis where both individuals benefit from the relationship. Example: Pollinators and flowers.

Mutualism

400

Programmed cell death

Apoptosis

500

Plant tissue that transports water and nutrients.

Xylem

500

Zygosity of Mendel's F1 plants

Heterozygous

500

Tumor suppressor protein that activates DNA-repairing enzymes and triggers apoptosis

p53

500

A form of genetic drift that results from a drastic reduction in population size

Bottleneck
500

When a human has more or less than 46 chromosomes

Aneuploidy