Mitosis/Meiosis
Which process is used to repair damaged tissue
Mitosis
This term describes the shape of the DNA molecule, resembling a twisted ladder.
Double helix
What is it called when the letters are like this: Aa
Heterozygous
Smallest unit of life?
A cell
A behavioral adaptation where an animal, like a hummingbird, enters a dormant, low-energy state to survive winter.
Hibernation
Which process makes genetically identical cells?
Mitosis
The 3 components that make up a single DNA nucleotide
Sugar, phosphate, and nitrogen base
Is music taste inherited or acquired?
Acquired
Basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA
Gene
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
Adaptation
What occurs during METAPHASE?
Chromosomes align along the middle of the cell
The specific location in a eukaryotic cell where transcription occurs.
Nucleus
What is an example of homozygous recessive?
rr
A characteristic of an organism
Trait
The change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
Evolution
TRUE OR FALSE: Sister chromatids are genetically identical in meiosis
FALSE
What part of the nucleotide dictates the genetic code?
The nitrogen base
If one parent has brown hair (Bb) and the other has blonde hair (bb), what are the possible combinations and percentages for the child?
50% Bb, 50% bb
What are the base pairs?
A and T , C and G
A process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
natural selection
What process requires 2 parent cells in order to occur?
Meiosis
These are the building blocks of proteins
Amino acids
If one parent had brown eyes (BB) and the second parent had green eyes (Bb) what is the percent of homozygous dominant?
50%
What do genes do?
Control the production of proteins
What is the term for rapid speciation during environmental change?
Radiation