Transcription
Where does transcription take place?
Nucleus
What is read to synthesize protein?
mRNA
Insertion and deletion mutations in DNA are called what?
Frameshift mutations
The loss of part of a chromosome or a gene is called what?
Deletion Mutation
What type of reproduction do plants and animals do?
Sexual reproduction
Transcription makes an RNA copy of what?
A gene
Where does translation occur?
In the cytoplasm in the ribosomes
When do DNA mutations occur?
S-Phase
When do chromosomal mutations occur?
Meisosis or mitosis
What type of mutations can be passed down?
Ones that occur during meiosis
What sugar is in RNA that makes it less stable than DNA?
Ribose
What carries the anticodons in translation?
tRNA (transfer RNA)
What type of DNA mutation changes only one amino acid?
Substitution
What mutation reverses the direction of part of a chromosome?
Inversion Mutation
What is the name of all of an individual's chromosomes together?
Karyotype
Different versions of the same gene are called what?
Alleles
Other than the ribosome, where else in a cell can translation occur?
Rough ER
If a base pair is replaced with another base pair, what would we call this gene mutation?
Substitution Mutation
What do we call it when one part of a chromosome attaches to another?
Translocation Mutation
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Roslin Franklin
What enzyme copies mRNA?
Polymerase
The first bonds that form between amino acids are called what, specifically?
Peptide bonds
Besides gene and DNA mutations, we have another name for this same type of mutation. What is it?
Point mutation
What do we call it when meiosis or part of cell division goes wrong?
Nondisjunction
What are two ways bacterial genetics can change?
Bacteria can share genes; they can also experiance mutations