DNA Flashcards
what is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses?
DNA
What are organic molecules that serve as the monomer units for forming the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid?
Nucleotide
what statement says DNA from any cell that the amount of guanine is equal to cytosine and the amount of adenine is equal to thymine?
Chargaff’s Rules
who discovered the double helix of DNA?
Watson and Crick
who was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer?
Rosalind Franklin
In biology, a what is the permanent alteration of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA or other genetic elements?
Mutations
the action or process of what or being what?
Adaptation
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding?
Species
What is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations?
Evolution
A what is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age?
Fossils
to refer to the total number of What that have been discovered?
Fossil Record
who was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist?
Charles Darwin
a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person?
Trait
What is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular traits?
Selective Breeding
What is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype?
Natural Selection
