Principles of Genetics
An alternate form of a gene
What is an Allele?
The first stage of mitosis
What is Prophase?
A group of three mRNA nucleotides that codes for a specific amino acid
What is a Codon?
The number of chromosomes in the cells that result from meiosis
What is 23?
Where DNA replication takes place
What is the Nucleus?
When two alleles are the same
What is Homozygous?
Daughter cells produced by mitosis are _____ to their parent cells.
What is Identical?
The process in which mRNA is produced from DNA
What is Transcription?
The reproductive cells produced by meiosis
What are Gametes?
The basic unit that is made up of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base
What is a Nucleotide?
A cross involving three traits
What is a Trihybrid Cross?
The phase when chromosomes line up along the center of the cell
What is Metaphase?
The process in which proteins are produced from mRNA
What is Translation?
The stage after Telophase I in meiosis
What is Prophase II?
The term that describes the directionality of the two DNA strands
What is Antiparallel?
The tightly coiled, inactive X chromosome in females
What is a Barr body?
The phase the cell enters after mitosis
What is Interphase?
A group of three tRNA nucleotides that complements a codon
What is an Anticodon?
When homologous chromosomes from both parents exchange DNA to produce genetic diversity
What is Crossing over?
The direction that new nucleotides are added in
What is 5' to 3'?
What is Multifactorial inheritance?
The structures that help pull apart the chromosomes in Anaphase
What are Spindle fibers?
The bond that connects amino acids in a chain
What is a Peptide Bond?
The three cells produced by meiosis that do not develop into egg cells
What are Polar bodies?
The fragments added to the lagging strand
What are Okazaki fragments?