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He described patterns of heredity using pea plants
Mendel
This is the organelle that was believed to be engulfed early in organismal evolution
Mitochondria
These are the four nucleotides in DNA.
A, C, G, T
These are the four nucleotides in RNA
A, C, U, G
This is the name to describe the collective set of all DNA in a nucleus.
genome
He, along with Watson, described the double helical nature of DNA
Francis Crick
Maternal or Paternal: This is the lineage through which mitochondria are inherited.
Maternal
This is the name of the sugar molecule in DNA
deoxyribose
This is the name of the sugar molecule in RNA
ribose
Within a genome, DNA is organized in to 23 of these.
Chromosomes
He developed the theory of natural selection using Galapagos finches
Darwin
This is the shape of mitochondrial DNA
Circular
The bonds between complementary nucleotides are what kind of chemical bond?
hydrogen
RNA or DNA: This molecule is more stable
DNA
This is the coding part of a gene.
Exon
He, along with Crick, described the double helical nature of DNA
James Watson
Mitochondrial are sometimes referred to as the "________ of the cell"
Powerhouse
T
This RNA facilitates making a polypeptide with ribosomes by finding codons.
tRNA (transfer RNA)
This is the non-coding portion of a gene that is spliced out of a mature mRNA
intron
She revealed the structure of DNA using X-ray crystallography
Rosalind Franklin
A mother will pass mitochondria to all her children, whereas a father will only pass his Y chromosome to his _________.
Sons
This is the complementary bond to G
C
This is the term for making multiple combinations of exons from a single gene template.
alternate splicing
This is the part of the cell that houses the genome.
nucleus