week 1 - terminologies

Question 1

the study of inherited traits and their
variation

Answer 1

genetics

Question 2

the sum of all biological processes by
which characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring.

Answer 2

hereditary

Question 3

the units of heredity, which is the
transmission of inherited traits

Answer 3

genes

Question 4

Genes can be found
on the

Answer 4

nuclei acid dna

Question 5

2 types of nucleic acid

Answer 5

dna and rna

Question 6

dna means

Answer 6

deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 7

rna

Answer 7

ribonucleic acid

Question 8

a molecule whose function is to store and
transfer genetic information.

Answer 8

dna

Question 9

important molecule in protein synthesis

Answer 9

rna

Question 10

Both DNA and RNa are polymers of repeating called

Answer 10

nucleotides

Question 11

how many different nucleotides are present in DNA molecule?
The various sequence combinations of these bases ultimately
encode genetic information.

Answer 11

4

Question 12

how central dogma happens?

Answer 12

DNA will transcribe to make mRNA and mRNA will make polypeptide

Question 13

what are the different RNAs?

Answer 13

messenger RNA (mRNA)
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Question 14

carries the instructions
for protein synthesis to the sites of protein synthesis.

Answer 14

Messenger RNA (mRNA)

Question 15

combines with proteins to
form ribosomes

Answer 15

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

Question 16

RNA that delivers amino
acids to the sites of protein synthesis.

Answer 16

Transfer RNA (tRNA)

Question 17

it is the complete set of genetic instructions
characteristic of an organism, including protein
encoding genes and other DNA sequences.

Answer 17

Genome

Question 18

it dictates characteristics

Answer 18

dna sequence

Question 19

structures that are a product of DNA
coiling in association with proteins

Answer 19

chromosomes

Question 20

the segment of DNA strand that encodes for the
production of different proteins

Answer 20

genes

Question 21

gene’s different variants is called

Answer 21

alleles

Question 22

___ are products of mutations.

Answer 22

Alleles

Question 23

defined as any heritable change in the DNA
sequence and are the source of all genetic variation

Answer 23

Mutations

Question 24

observable traits or features of an
organism (alleles that are expressed)

Answer 24

Phenotype

Question 25

set of alleles for a given trait carried by an
organism (alleles that are present)

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genotype

Question 26

a type of cell division in which one somatic
cell give rise to two new ones

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mitosis

Question 27

cell division involved in the production of
gametes

Answer 27

meiosis

Question 28

what is a blue helix of life?

Answer 28

DNA

Question 29

histone

Answer 29

is a PROTEIN that provides structural support for a chromosome