Unit 8 Genetics II Pearson 4.3 & 4.4

T/F A mutation in a sex cell can be passed to offspring.

Which is ONLY true about MEIOSIS, NOT MITOSIS?

What determines the genetic code?

Genes are carried from parents to offspring on ____.

T/F Chromosomes carry genes from parents to offspring.

Which is ONLY true about MEIOSIS, NOT MITOSIS?

Is it in the nucleus or the cytoplasm that mRNA gets the gives tRNA the nitrogen base codes?

T/F Sex cells produced by meiosis have 2 X the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

A set of 3 bases codes for 1 specific ___ in a protien.

What happens during meiosis?

Is it in the nucleus or the cytoplasm that mRNA gets the gives tRNA the nitrogen base codes?

What does messenger RNA do during protein synthesis?

Chromosomes are made up of

Walter Sutton discovered that the sex cells of grasshoppers have

If human body cells have 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes do human sex cells have?

Which is ONLY true about MEIOSIS, NOT MITOSIS?

Which nitrogen base in RNA is NOT part of DNA?

The substitution of one base for another during DNA replication is an example of a

What is the first step in protein synthesis?

How are genes passed from parents to offspring?

Which is ONLY true about MITOSIS, NOT MIEOSIS?

Section of DNA: TGAG.  Corresponding section of messenger RNA would be __ __ __ __

T/F The number of DNA bases along a gene specifies the type of protein that will be produced.

What do transfer RNA molecules do during protein synthesis?

The process in which a parent cell divides 2 X to produce sex cells is called ___.

Genes are carried from parent to offspring on

T/F Transfer RNA carries coded messages from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.

What is a mutation?

Order of bases along a gene determines the order in which

If all the sex cells of an organism have "T" allele, then genotype of the organism must be

How does order of genes in one member of chrmsm pair compare to order of genes on other chrmsm?

In what organelle does tRNA bring amino acids to the mRNA codons?

What is the chromosome theory of inheritance?

What is the relationship between alleles & chromosomes?

In what organelle does mRNA give the nitrogen base code to tRNA?

What is meiosis I?

What is meiosis II?

What happens before meiosis?

___ RNA adds amino acids to a growing protein.

How are genes arranged on a chromosome?

When sex cells combine to produce offspring, each sex cell will contribute

Which term refers to the physical characteristics that are studied in genetics?

The genetic code is found in the order of nitrogen ___ along a gene.

Is it in the nucleus or the cytoplasm that tRNA brings the amino acids to the mRNA?

Where does protein synthesis take place?

Which is ONLY true about MITOSIS, NOT MIEOSIS?

Is it in the nucleus or the cytoplasm that mRNA gets the DNA nitrogen base codes for proteins?

In what organelle does mRNA get the nitrogen base code from DNA?