Mendelian Genetics | DNA, RNA, and Proteins I | DNA, RNA, and Proteins II | Evolution I | Evolution II |
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What is dominant?
This type of allele is always fully expressed when present.
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What is DNA?
This double-stranded molecule is the genetic material of all living organisms.
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What is a nucleotide?
This is called the fundamental unit of DNA.
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Who is Charles Darwin?
This scientist is credited with the discovery of evolution by natural selection.
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What is the HMS Beagle?
46. Darwin set sail on his global voyage in 1831, aboard this vessel.
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What is heterozygous?
This means that an individual's genotype consists of two different alleles.
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What is Uracil?
[U]
Adenine (A) in DNA base pairs with this RNA nucleotide during transcription.
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Who are Watson & Crick?
They used Chargaff's & Franklin's data to first build a complete and accurate model of DNA
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What is the population?
[species]
Evolution doesn't act on the individual. Rather, it acts on this.
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What is "descent with modification"?
Darwin coined this phrase; essentially describing evolution.
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What is the Law of Segregation?
This Mendelian Law basically states that for every gene each parent can only give one allele to each offspring.
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What is transcription?
This process results in an mRNA copy of DNA.
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What is helicase?
This enzyme unzips the DNA double helix in the 1st step of DNA replication.
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What is microevolution?
This scale of evolution refers to the change of traits/alleles within a population.
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What is allopatric speciation?
This type of speciation occurs when populations become geographically separated.
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Who is Gregor Mendel?
His experiments on pea plant inheritance paved the way for modern genetics
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What is semi-conservative?
This term refers to the process of DNA replication. It results in two DNA molecules each having one old and one new DNA strand.
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What is a protein?
This is the result of translation, which is the final process in gene expression.
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What is natural selection?
This is when the environment selects individuals who will pass their traits to the next generation.
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What is convergent evolution?
This explains why distantly related species have similar traits. Wings for flight, for example.
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What is a pedigree?
This is a diagram showing the inheritance of a family trait.
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What is anti-parallel?
This term refers to the directionality of DNA. Where each single DNA strand is marked by a 3’ end (OH group of Sugar) & a 5’ end (phosphate), and runs counter to the other in every molecule of DNA.
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What is a phosphate group?
This along with a 5-Carbon sugar and a N-base make up the 3 components of a nucleotide.
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What is the Modern Synthesis?
This is the unification of Darwin’s theory and Mendelian genetics.
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What is punctuated equilibrium?
This idea suggests that species remain relatively unchanged for long periods of time and evolve quickly over short periods of time.
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