Term | Definition |
DNA Shape? | Double Helix |
The process of copying DNA in a cell is called? | Replication |
A change in the nucleotide sequence causes a? | Mutation |
Proteins are? | Polymers |
The production of protein is? | Protein Synthesis |
There are how many amino acids? | 20 |
3 types of RNA | mRNA, tRNA, rRNA |
The products of transcription is called? | Transcripts |
Another name for cytosol? | Cytoplasm |
3 mRNA nucleotides = | codon |
DNA nucleotide has 3 parts | sugar, base, phosphate |
Adenine and Guanine are | purines |
Letters are used to signify the... | nitrogen bases |
Enzymes that bind to separated chains of DNA | DNA polymerase |
The process of assembling polypeptides from information encoded in mRNA is called | translation |
Amino acids freely floating in the cytoplasm are transported to the ribosomes by... | tRNA molecules |
A sequence of three nucleotides | anticodon |
Ribosomes are composed of | rRNA amd proteins |
Who suggested the model of double helix for DNA? | Watson and Crick |
nucleotide chains are separated by? | helicases |
a single member of a pair of genes | allele |
physical appearance | phenotype |
a chart used to determine the probable outcome of genetic cross | punnet square |
genetic trait expressed by an organism | genotype |
phenotype caused by one dominant and one recessive gene | heterozygous |
a breeding procedure involving two phenotypic traits | dihybrid |
rod shaped structures in the nucleus | chromosomes |
two identical alleles | homozygous |
described by a capital letter is | dominant |
described by a lower case letter is | codominant |