Genetics
This term describes an organism with two different alleles for a particular trait in Mendelian genetics.
What is heterozygous?
The chemical formula for methane.
What is CH4?
This organelle is responsible for producing energy in the form of ATP in eukaryotic cells.
What is the mitochondrion?
This is the process by which carbon is transferred from the atmosphere to organisms and then back to the atmosphere.
What is the carbon cycle?
In this class, QBIC students are expected to read research articles and meet once a week to discuss them.
What are QBIC Journal Clubs?
This process transfers genetic information from DNA to RNA.
What is transcription?
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without passing through the liquid state.
What is sublimation?
This organelle is often referred to as the "protein factories" of the cell.
What is the ribosome?
This term describes the relationship between two species where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.
What is commensalism?
This room is located in GL 153.
Where/What is the QBIC room?
This genetic disorder is characterized by the absence of melanin pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes.
What is albinism?
This term describes a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.
What is a catalyst?
This is the fluid-filled sac found in plant cells that stores water and maintains turgor pressure.
What is the vacuole?
This is the ecological term for the total mass of living organisms in a given area.
What is biomass?
In this event, QBIC students are given the opportunity to present their research in front of professors and peers every Spring.
What is the Annual QBIC Research Symposium?
The term for a sequence of three nucleotides in DNA or RNA that codes for a specific amino acid.
What is a codon?
In a redox reaction, the species that loses electrons is said to undergo this process.
What is oxidation?
This process describes when cells engulf large particles or even other cells.
What is phagocytosis?
This biome is characterized by low temperatures, little precipitation, and permafrost.
What is the tundra?
This is QBIC's Program Coordinator.
Who is Kathryn Bond?