Genetics Basics
This molecule is an organism’s genetic material.
What is DNA?
This process makes mRNA from DNA.
What is transcription?
Differences in traits among individuals of the same species.
What is variation?
An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
What is an adaptation?
When humans choose organisms with desired traits to reproduce.
What is selective breeding?
The basic building block of DNA made of a base, sugar, and phosphate.
What is a nucleotide?
This process uses RNA to build a protein.
What is translation?
Variations that help organisms survive become more common over time through this process.
What is natural selection?
An adaptation that helps an organism blend into its environment.
What is camouflage?
Changing DNA directly in a lab using technology.
What is genetic engineering?
This molecule helps carry instructions from DNA to make proteins.
What is RNA?
Where transcription begins inside the cell.
What is the nucleus?
Organisms with this type of variation are more likely to survive and reproduce.
What is beneficial or positive variation?
An adaptation where one species looks like another species.
What is mimicry?
This British naturalist published On the Origin of Species in 1859, proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This process copies DNA so new cells have the same genetic information.
What is replication?
Where translation happens in the cell.
What is the ribosome?
Stripes on a zebra is an example of this variation.
What is neutral variation?
What is an adaptation?
James Watson and Francis Crick are two of the scientists credited with what?
What is discovering the double helix structure of DNA?
A permanent change in DNA that can affect traits.
What is a mutation?
Mutations cause changes in these.
What are proteins?
Which type of mutation results in muscle degeneration?
What is a negative mutation?
The bee orchid is an example of this.
What is mimicry?
Breeding cows for increased levels of milk production is an example of this.
What is selective breeding?