Biology STAAR Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Nucleotides | What is the subunit of DNA of all organisms |
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine | Name the four nitrogenous bases |
Adenine to Thymine, Cytosine to Guanine | How do the base pair up |
RNA | What molecule is single stranded with a ribose, and a uracil |
DNA | What molecule is double stranded with a deoxyribose and thymine |
Nitrogenous bases | What determines the genetic code |
Codons | What are the mRNA triplets called |
Leucine | What would be the new codon if the amino acid sequence changed its last three bases in the DNA sequence from ATT to AAT |
Heterozygous | Genotypes made of two different alleles, such as Dd |
Homozygous | Genotypes made of the same alleles, such as AA or bb |
Dominant | Gene that is always expressed |
Recessive | Gene that is expressed only in a homozygous state, such as ee |
gene expression | Protein synthesis involves transcription and translation to assemble proteins. This process is controlled and regulated by a processes called |
operons | Prokaryotic DNA contains groups of genes that are regulated together called |
Transcriptions factors | Cells also regulate gene expression with DNA-binding proteins called |
Genetic Diversity | Crossing-over occurs during prophase I. What is the significance of this even |
Meiosis | Specialized type of cell division in which four haploid (n) gametes, daughter cells, are formed from one diploid (2n) cell. |
Transcription | Name the process that forms the mRNA strand |
Translation | When mRNA attaches to a ribosome it begins a process know as |
Nucleus | Where does transcription take place |
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