other terms to study (f)

Question 1

what are the building blocks of DNA

Answer 1

nucleotides

Question 2

tetrads

Answer 2

group of four

Question 3

allele

Answer 3

gene in chromosome

Question 4

what is the style of DNA replication

Answer 4

semi conservative

Question 5

what are the backbones of DNA held together by

Answer 5

covalent bond

Question 6

what are base pair complements held by

Answer 6

hydrogen bond

Question 7

incomplete dominance

Answer 7

neither allele is completely dominant or recessive

Question 8

zygote

Answer 8

a single cell that contains genes from parents

Question 9

chromatin

Answer 9

a combination of DNA and its histone proteins in the nucleus

Question 10

chromosome

Answer 10

piece of chromatin that has folded many times to form a thick structure that stains dark and is visible with a light microscope

Question 11

what is the original strand in DNA replication

Answer 11

template strand

Question 12

independent assortnments

Answer 12

chromosomes sort independently of one another and there is no effect.

Question 13

law of segregation

Answer 13

all cells under hormones will receive equal chromosomes

Question 14

examples of non mendelian inheritance

Answer 14

incomplete dominance and codominance

Question 15

Rule that polymerase follows when adding nucleotides

Answer 15

base pairing rule

Question 16

Place blood exits the heart to travel to the body

Answer 16

aorta

Question 17

The traits that this individual would express: Aa

Answer 17

dominant

Question 18

difference between sex and body cell

Answer 18

sex cells have one set of chromosomes while body cells have two sets of chromosomes

Question 19

what is transcription?

Answer 19

massages dna and polymerase connects complementary RNA bases to DNA

Question 20

1st step of transcription

Answer 20

1. dna is unzipped at the genes that are needed to be copied

Question 21

what is translation

Answer 21

interpreting the rna message into a protein

Question 22

1st step of translation

Answer 22

1. codons from mRNA are ready by the ribosomes

Question 23

the force of blood pushing against the walls of the blood vessels

Answer 23

blood vessels

Question 24

one small portion of chromatin with the instructions to build one protein

Answer 24

gene

Question 25

the carbons on the nitrogen base are numbers

Answer 25

prime

Question 26

sex cells

Answer 26

organisms’s reproductive cells

Question 27

zygote

Answer 27

a single cell that contains genes from parents

Question 28

heterozygous

Answer 28

Two different alleles from particular gene or genes

Question 29

recessive trait

Answer 29

Two recessive alleles

Question 30

dominant trait

Answer 30

dominant allele

Question 31

pedigree

Answer 31

A family generation chart where you can see who has certain traits

Question 32

2nd step of transcription

Answer 32

2. rna polymerase uses a strand of dna to watch rna nucleotide with the DNA nucleotides, this creates mRNA

Question 33

3rd step of transcription

Answer 33

3. dna zips back together and the mrna leaves the nucleus heads back to the cytoplasm

Question 34

2nd step of translation

Answer 34

2. tRNA brings in the amino acids that matches the mRNA codon

Question 35

3rd step of translation

Answer 35

3. ribosomes read the mRNA in a 5’->3’ direction