Define
A segment of DNA that is a code for a protein
What is a gene?
Trait
Phenotype
A ____ encodes for a specific protein
gene
A molecule that is made up of a folded chain of amino acids
What is a protein?
Allele
Gene
Though usually meat comes to mind, ________ actually makes up ~40% of human cell mass, if you take away the water
protein
The way a characteristic or trait of a gene shows up, like what it actually looks like on the organism when the gene is expressed
What does phenotype mean?
Copying
Transcription
_____________ happens when an enzyme reads DNA and makes an RNA strand to mirror it
Transcription
The process of enzymes in a cell reading DNA and creating a new complementary chain of nucleic acids, called RNA
What is transcription?
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
Gene __________ is when DNA gets translated into protein
expression
A chain-like molecule made up of a type of sugar and nucleic acids that is a "transcript" of DNA
What is RNA?
Polypeptide chain
Protein
A _________ is how a gene shows up, how it looks once it is expressed
phenotype