Meiosis
Mendel and Gene Idea
From Gene to Protein
Molecular Inheritance
100

Meiosis produces __ new cells.

4

100

Different forms of a gene

Alleles


100

Synthesis of RNA complementary to a template strand

Transcription

100

The type of bond between the nitrogenous bases on DNA

Hydrogen bond

200

The exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes

Crossing over

200

A cross intended to study two different traits

Dihybrid cross

200

The three-base sequence on mRNA that tRNA uses to provide the correct amino acid

Codon

200

A protein that unwinds the parental double helix at the replication fork

Helicase

300

The phase when chromosomes replicate in preparation for meiosis

Interphase

300

Creates a blended phenotype

Incomplete dominance

300

A mutation resulting in the improper grouping of the nucleotides into codons

Frameshift mutation

300

Series of segments synthesized discontinuously by the lagging strand

Okazaki fragments

400

Error in meiosis when homologous chromosomes fail to separate which results in gametes with too many or too few chromosomes

Non-disjunction

400

A single phenotypic character is affected by two or more genes

Polygenic inheritance

400

The three steps of transcription

1) Initiation
2) Elongation
3) Termination


400

In a nucleosome, DNA is wrapped around __.

Histones

500

The number of different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes that can be packaged in gametes by an organism with a diploid number of 8

16

2n=8

500

In the ABO blood group system in humans, if a person of type-B blood has children with a person of type-AB blood, the blood types that their children could have

Type-AB, type-A, and type-B

500

Plays catalytic roles and structural roles in ribosomes

rRNA

500

Removal of RNA polymerase III from nucleoplasm will affect the synthesis of __.

tRNA