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Term
Inherited characteristic of a species that develops over time in a response to an environmental factor, enabling the species to survive.
Definition
Adaption
Term
Number of different species living in a specific area.
Definition
Biodiversity
Term
Taxonomic method that models evolutionary relationships based on shared derived characteristics and phylogenetic trees.
Definition
Cladistics
Term
Geological theory that the relative positions of the continents on the Earth's surface have changed considerable through geologic time.
Definition
Continental Drift
Term
The number and variety of species present in an area and their spatial distribution.
Definition
Diversity
Term
The study of the embryo and its development from a single-celled zygote.
Definition
Embryology
Term
Includes everything that is used to reveal and determine the truth.
Definition
Evidence
Term
The change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Definition
Evolution
Term
The disappearance of a species when the last of its members die.
Definition
Extinction
Term
Preserved evidence of an organism, often found in sedimentary rock, that provides evidence of past life.
Definition
Fossil
Term
Random change in allelic frequencies in a population.
Definition
Genetic Drift
Term
Physical movement of alleles from one population to another.
Definition
Gene flow
Term
Anatomically similar structure inherited from a common ancestor; Different Function, Same Structure.
Definition
Homologous Structure
Term
Assumption based on prior experience.
Definition
Inference
Term
Permanent change in cell's DNA, ranging from changes in a single base pair to deletions of large sections of chromosomes.
Definition
Mutation
Term
The product of reproduction of a new organism.
Definition
Offspring
Term
Orderly, direct information gathering about a natural phenomenon.
Definition
Observations
Term
Evolutionary history of a species.
Definition
Phylogency
Term
Group of organisms of the same species that occupy the same geographical place at the same time.
Definition
Population
Term
Final stage in speciation, in which members of isolated populations are either no longer able to mate or no longer able to produce viable offspring.
Definition
Reproductive Isolation
Term
Group of organisms that an interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
Definition
Species
Term
Theory of evolution developed by Darwin, based on four ideas: excess reproduction, variations, inheritance, and the advantages of specific traits in an environment.
Definition
Natural Selection
Term
Explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations over time.
Definition
Theory
Term
Evolution of tow or more species from one ancestral species.
Definition
Speciation
Term
Different structure, Same Function
Definition
Analogous Structure
Term
Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs.
Definition
Variation
Term
Reduced form of a functional structure that indicated shared ancestry.
Definition
Vestigal structure
Term
Evolution toward similar characteristics in unrelated species, resulting from adaptions to similar environmental conditions.
Definition
Convergent Evolution
Term
Evolution of one or more closely related species into different species; resulting from adaptions to different environmental conditions.
Definition
Divergent Evolution
Term
Who believed species were fixed creations arranged by their complexity?
Definition
Aristotle
Term
Who was responsible for uniformintarianism? What does it mean>
Definition
Charles Lyell; Geological processes still change Earth
Term
Who was responsible for discovering species extinction?
Definition
Georges Cuvier
Term
Who was responsible for struggle for existence?
Definition
Thomas Malthus
Term
Who was responsible for Gradualism?
Definition
James Hutton
Term
Who was responsible for Law of Use and Disuse?
Definition
John Baptiste Lamarck
Term
Who developed that organisms evolved from common ancestors?
Definition
Alfred Russel Wallace
Term
The first to group similar organisms and assign them Latin names..
Definition
Linneaeous
Term
Who proposed Catisrophism?
Definition
George Cuvier
Term
What did George Cuvier do?
Definition
Studies fossil in Strata of Paris. He found some species completely disappeared in more recent layers.
Term
Who was the first scientist to understand that change occurs over time? What year?
Definition
Jean- Baptiste Lamark, 1809
Term
Who was a scottish geologist from 1795?
Definition
James Hutton
Term
Who studied invertebrate fossils in Paris Museum?
Definition
James Hutton
Term
Who described the geological focuses that have changed life on Earth and that changes in Earth's crust are due to slow continuous processes called Gradualism?
Definition
James Hutton
Term
Who propsed that the Earth was millions of years instead of a few thousand?
Definition
Charles Lyell
Term
What was published by Lyell before Darwin set sail on the "Beagle?"
Definition
Principles of Geology
Term
Long time scale events that create and destroy species are...
Definition
Macroevolution
Term
Short time scale events that change the genotypes and phenotypes of population.
Definition
Microevolution
Term
Where can evidence be found that the world has been evolving for millions of years?
Definition
The Fossil Record
Term
Geographical description of living things states that animals are on different continents by share...
Definition
similar adaptions to share the environment.
Term
-Scientists noticed invertibrate had similar bone structure.
-Different in forms of function.
-Limb bones develop on different patterns.

This is part of the...
Definition
Homologus Body Structure
Term
Homologus body structures have different forms but develop from same ________.
Definition
Embryonic Tissue
Term
Who proposed theory of spontaneous generation? What is another name for this?
Definition
Aristotle; Abiogenesis
Term
People based their beliefs on what they saw and didn't use the scientific method on
Definition
Spontaneous Generation
Term
What experiment was used to disprove Spontaneous Generation? Who used it?
Definition
Putting meat in jars and seeing if it turned to flies. Used by Reddi
Term
Who made simple microscopes and examined water?
Definition
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Term
Who showed that microorganisms flourished in various groups
Definition
John Needham
Term
Who boiled soup for nearly 1 hour?
Definition
Lazzaro Spallanzanes
Term
... ... is the generation of daughter cells from a parent. These are called offspring.
Definition
Cell division
Term
... ... results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
Definition
Asexual reproduction
Term
... ... combines genetic information from two individuals of opposite mating types to produce offspring.
Definition
Sexual reproduction
Term
Many prokaryotes reproduce asexually through ... ...
Definition
binary fission
Term
... ... - process that generates two genetically identical daughter cells from a single parent cell in eukaryotes.
Definition
Mitotic division
Term
... ... involves the even distribution of replicated DNA into new daughter cells.
Definition
Mitotic division
Term
During mitotic division, the nucleus divides in a process called ... followed by a division of the cytoplasm called ...
Definition
mitosis, cytokinesis
Term
... is a specialized form of cell division that makes sexual reproduction possible.
Definition
meiosis
Term
Meiosis in female animals results in ..., or sex cells, that mature into eggs.
Definition
gametes
Term
Meiosis in male animals produces gametes called ...
Definition
sperm
Term
... reduces the genetic information passed to the daughter cells by half
Definition
Meiosis
Term
The replication of DNA occurs in ... phase
Definition
S (synthesis)
Term
The display of all the chromosomes in a somatic cells is called the ...
Definition
karyotype
Term
Mitosis can be divided into four main phases called ..., ..., ... and ...
Definition
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase
Term
Two copies of a chromosome are called ...
Definition
homologous chromosome
Term
Two cytoskeletal structures called ... begin to move toward opposite ends of the cell.
Definition
Centrosomes
Term
Meiosis produces daughter cells with ... the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Definition
half
Term
Meiosis is the only type of cell division that produces ...
Definition
gametes
Term
... ... produces offspring that are genetically different from their parents and siblings through the fertilization of an egg by a sperm to create a zygote
Definition
Sexual reproduction
Term
... contain half the chromosomes found in somatic cells.
Definition
Gametes
Term
Meiosis occurs in two stages:
... ... reduces the number of chromosomes by separating homologous pairs.
... ... separates sister chromatids into two different daughter cells.
Definition
Meiosis I, Meiosis II
Term
The purpose of ... ... is to separate the sister chromatids into two daughter cells.
Definition
Meiosis II
Term
Meiosis II cell division is almost exactly like ...
Definition
mitosis
Term
The two haploid cells produced by meiosis I give rise to a total of ... haploid cells.
Definition
4
Term
The reduction in chromosome numbers achieved through meiosis I offsets the combining of chromosomes when gametes fuse during ...
Definition
Fertilization
Term
... ... is the random distribution of the different homologous chromosome pairs into the daughter cells during meiosis I.
Definition
Independent assortment
Term
During cytokinesis, what will happen to the cell?
Definition
It will divide and the cytoplasm will be cut.
Term
Genetic variability is commonly associated with ... ...
Definition
sexual reproduction
Term
During the cell cycle, what is the longest phase covering at 90%?
Definition
Interphase
Term
... are long thin fibers when all isnt dividing.
Definition
Chromatin
Term
These condense into short, stubby and are DNA.
Definition
Chromosomes
Term
A ... is stained DNA and magnified to view under a microscope.
Definition
Karyotype
Term
During this phase, the mitotic spindle is formed, sister chromatids will hook onto spindle, and the nuclear envelope will fragment.
Definition
Prohpase
Term
During this phase, the sister chromatids line up.
Definition
Metaphase
Term
During this phase, the sister chromatids will separate and go to the polls.
Definition
Anaphase
Term
During this phase, the mitotic spindle breaks down and the nuclear envelope reforms.
Definition
Telophase (cleavage furrow)
Term
The average human has ... chromosomes
Definition
46
Term
In meiosis in prophase 1 -- ...
Definition
tetrads
Term
How many sister chromosomes/chromatids start out in meiosis 1?
Definition
92 / 4
Term
What is the result of meiosis 2?
Definition
4 haploid daughter cells
Term
The father of genetics was ... ...
Definition
Gregor Mendel
Term
A ... ... is any inherited characteristic of an organism that can be observed or detected.
Definition
Genetic trait
Term
The display of a particular version of a genetic trait in a specific individual is the ...
Definition
phenotype
Term
... are different versions of a given gene
Definition
Alleles
Term
An individual who carries two copies of the same allele is said to be ... for that gene.
Definition
Homozygous
Term
The ... is the allelic makeup of that individual with respect to a specific genetic trait.
Definition
Gentype
Term
An individual whose genotype consists of two different alleles for a given phenotype is said to be ... for that gene.
Definition
Heterozygous
Term
The Allele that exerts a controlling influence on the phenotype is said to be ...
Definition
dominant
Term
An allele that has no effect on the phenotype when paired with a dominant allele is said to be ...
Definition
recessive
Term
A ... is a change in the DNA making up a gene that creates new alleles, leading to genetic diversity in a population.
Definition
mutation
Term
The parents, or ... generation, are crossed to produce offspring, called the ... generation.
Definition
P, F1
Term
Two individuals from the F1 generation are then cross to produced the ... generation.
Definition
F2
Term
Mendel used ... ... ... of pea plants to conduct high controlled experiments.
Definition
true-breeding varities
Term
Mendel observed a 3:1 ration of ... to ... phenotypes
Definition
dominant, recessive
Term
The ... ... was deducted by Mendel from breeding experiments in which he tracked a single trait.
Definition
Law of segregation
Term
A ... ... is used to show all the possible ways in which two alleles can recombine through fertilization.
Definition
Punnett square
Term
Mendel crossed ..., individuals that are heterogeneous for two traits, to determine if the inheritance of one allele was dependent on the inheritance of another allele.
Definition
Dihybrids
Term
The probability that a particular offspring will display a specific phenotype is completely unaffected by the ... ...
Definition
number of offspring
Term
... ... - no single allele completely dominates the other when the two are paired in a heterozygote.
Definition
Incomplete dominance
Term
This is when a single gene influences two or more distinctly different traits.
Definition
Pleiotropy
Term
This is when the phenotypic effect of the alleles of one gene depends on the presence of certain alleles for another, independently inherited gene.
Definition
Epistasis
Term
If a trait is ..., it is governed by the action of more than one gene.
Definition
Polygenic
Term
The ... can alter the effects of a gene.
Definition
environment
Term
... means "the photo" and is the physical appearance of that trait. What it looks like.
Definition
Phenotype
Term
... means "the genes" and are the alleles that you have for that trait
Definition
Genotype
Term
... means "the same" while ... means "alleles"
Definition
Homo, zygous
Term
... are the carries that don't always show the trait bu can pass to offspring.
Definition
Heterozygous
Term
... are also called true breeders
Definition
homozygous
Term
What is the Phenotype ratio?
Definition
9:3:3:1
Term
... has an intermediate phenotype in the heterozygote.
Definition
Incomplete dominance
Term
Gregor Mendel deducted that inherited traits are governed by ... ... units
Definition
discrete heredity
Term
The ... ... states that all genes are located on chromosomes.
Definition
chromosome theory of inheritence
Term
Humans have an estimated ... genes located on ... pairs of chromosomes.
Definition
25,000, 23
Term
Chromosomes that determine sex are called ... ..., all other chromosomes are called ...
Definition
sex chromosomes, autosomes
Term
They Y chromosome carries the ... ..., which causes the other genes to produce male sexual characteristics, without the SRY gene, the embryo develops as a female.
Definition
SRY gene
Term
... ... is an exchange of segments of nonsister chromatids in prophase I of meiosis, which produces chromosomes with new combinations of alleles.
Definition
Crossing over
Term
This creates new combinations of alleles through the random distribution of maternal and paternal chromosomes into gametes during meiosis.
Definition
Independent assortment of chromosomes
Term
Genes that are inherited together are said to be ... ...
Definition
genetically linked
Term
Genetic loci that are neighbors or positioned close to each other on the same chromosome tend to be ... ...
Definition
genetically linked
Term
Genes cannot be genetically linked if they are located on ... ...
Definition
different chromosomes
Term
A ... is a chart that shows genetic relationships among family members over two or more generations of a family's history.
Definition
pedigree
Term
... ... occur in non-sex cells and are not passed down to offspring.
Definition
Somatic mutations
Term
Individuals that are heterozygous for a recessive disorder are said to be ... ... of the disorder.
Definition
Genetic carriers
Term
Lethal ... ... can persist in the human population because carriers are not harmed by the disorder.
Definition
recessive disorders
Term
Males receive ... copy of each sex-linked gene while females receive ... copies of genes on the X chromosome and ... copies of genes on the Y chromosome
Definition
one, two, none
Term
Males are more likely to get ... ... linked disorders.
Definition
recessive X
Term
... results when a person inherits three copies, or a trisomy, of chromosome 21.
Definition
Down syndrome
Term
We have ... total chromosomes, ... pairs in which ... determines the gender and ... pair are autosomes
Definition
46, 23, 1, 23
Term
... are carriers.
Definition
Hetero
Term
... is the sex determining region of the Y chromosome
Definition
SRY
Term
... are also known as sex-hormones
Definition
Androgens
Term
If no SRY gene is present, the gender will be ...
Definition
female
Term
During AIS, or Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, ... will not develop into a male and will remain a female.
Definition
XY
Term
In ..., androgen are released, selected gene is turned on and can't reproduce, leaving it infertile
Definition
xx
Term
When does crossing over happen?
Definition
Prophase 1 during Meiosis 1
Term
Males receive x-linked disorders more than females because males have only ... ... linked chromosome
Definition
1 X
Term
XcY represents a ... ..., XcX represents a ... ..., and XcXc represent a ... ...
Definition
colorblind male, carrier female and colorblind female
Term
XXY is commonly known as ..., while XYY is known as ...
Definition
Klienfelters, Jacobs Syndrome
Term
... means too many or too few chromosomes.
Definition
Nondisjunction
Term
Through a series of experiments with bacteria, biologists determined that the genetic material was ...
Definition
DNA
Term
... is a nucleic acid composed of two stands of polynucleotides twisted to form a double helix
Definition
DNA
Term
All the DNA-based information in the nucleotide or nucleus of an organism is called the ...
Definition
genome
Term
... delivers the genetic information, or instruction, from DNA to the ..., which is where proteins are made.
Definition
mRNA, ribosomes
Term
The process by which ribosomes convert the genetic information in mRNA into proteins is called ...
Definition
translation
Term
... and ... deciphered the physical structure of DNA in 1953.
Definition
James Watson, Francis Crick
Term
Each nucleotide is made up of a sugar, phosphate group and one of four ... ...
Definition
nitrogenous bases
Term
... ... - two bases held together by hydrogen bonds in DNA molecule.
Definition
Base pair
Term
Differences in DNA sequences account for ... ...
Definition
genetic variation
Term
... ... - the unwinding of a DNA double helix and using each strong as a template for a new, complementary strand.
Definition
DNA replication
Term
... ... - and over a dozen other enezymes and proteins are required to successfully replicate a single strand of DNA
Definition
DNA polymearse
Term
... ... acts as a proofreader as its bonds base pairs during DNA replication.
Definition
DNA polymearse
Term
A change to the sequence of bases in an organism's DNA that is not corrected is called a ...
Definition
mutation
Term
... are substances or energy sources that can cause mutations.
Definition
Mutagens
Term
Recognition, Removal and Replacements are the steps of ... ...
Definition
DNA repair
Term
Noncoding sections of DNA are called ...
Definition
introns
Term
... are the coding segments of DNA
Definition
exons
Term
Short lengths of DNA are wound around ... ... to create a bead-on-a-string structure that is further compressed into a looped, 30-nanometer fiber
Definition
histone proteins
Term
Who discovered the process called transformation.
Definition
Griffith
Term
Bacterial ... will leak through the environment to be picked up by other bacteria.
Definition
DNA
Term
... transform non-pathogenic strains and make them pathogenic.
Definition
DNA
Term
... and ... found out DNA is hereditary material, virus to bacterial phase - infect bacteria. DNA is genetic material that is inherited
Definition
Hershey and Chase
Term
Radio actively labeled DNA and proteins. ... ... - viral progency.
Definition
next generation
Term
DNA (found in nucleus) → ATCG → (...) ... → (translation) 20 amino acids / proteins (made in ribosomes) in cytoplasm → mRNA does what?
Definition
transcription, mRNA messenger, leaves nucleus
Term
... is found only in transcription.
... is found in both transcription and translation.
Translation is composed of ...
Definition
DNA, mRNA, amino acids
Term
... took an XRAY of DNA
.... and ... deciphered physical structure of DNA
Definition
Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick
Term
Replica DNA is considered ... ... It is made of the original ... and a new created ...
Definition
semi conservative. template, strand
Term
A ... ... is an enzyme that
1) brings in new nucleotides to join original template stand.
2) proofread
Definition
DNA polymearse
Term
... is to change base.
Definition
Mutation
Term
... are things such as chemicals, UV light, and drugs.
Definition
Mutagens
Term
... means "intervening" or in the way of non-coding segments.
Definition
Introns
Term
... means "expressed. Coding segments stay in.
Definition
Exon
Term
... coil up to become short and stubby.
Definition
Chromosomes
Term
... don't divide and are long, thin fibers that are loose.
Definition
Chromatin
Term
DNA wind around these to condense and link DNA ... ...
Definition
protein histones
Term
Scientists hypothesized that genes were responsible for ... production and that metabolic disorders were caused by ... ...
Definition
enezyme, enzyme deficiencies
Term
A ... is any DNA sequence that is transcribed into RNA.
Definition
gene
Term
... molecules can assume a variety of three different shapes.
Definition
RNA
Term
RNA uses the sugar base of ... in place of ... on the DNA side.
Definition
uracil, thymine
Term
... ... is the key enzyme in the transcription of the gene.
Definition
RNA polymerase
Term
One strand of the DNA is used as a ... ... to build an mRNA molecule.
Definition
template strand
Term
The newly formed mRNA undergoes ... ..., which removes the introns, and is then allowed to leave the nucleus through the nuclear pore.
Definition
RNA splicing
Term
Unique sequence of three bases is called a ...
Definition
codon
Term
What code is used to start codon?
Definition
AUG
Term
What are the 3 stop codons?
Definition
UAA, UAG, UGA
Term
... is a three base sequence that determines which codons on the mRNA can be recognized by the tRNA.
Definition
anticodon
Term
Each codon on the mRNA is recognized by a specific ..., and the ribosome adds the ... ... delivered by this tRNA to the growing amino acid chain.
Definition
tRNA, amino acid
Term
Mutations in which a single base is altered are called ... ...
Definition
point mutations
Term
DNA sequence will determine the ... which is read in a 3 base sequence.
Definition
mRNA
Term
... that will determine sequence of amino acids that make up a protein.
Definition
Codon
Term
Types of DNA mutation:
1) ... / no change protein
2) protein code different from amino acid ... ...
3) stop protein short - ... ... or non-functioning protein
Definition
silent, sickle cell, cystic fibrosis
Term
... ... has a codon that will determine amino acid sequence used in translation. Made from DNA leaves nucleus to go to a ribosome.
Definition
Messenger RNA
Term
The job of ... is to transfer amino acids to make proteins.
Definition
tRNA
Term
... makes up ribosomes in RNA to hook on.
Definition
mRNA
Term
DNA make mRNA in ...
mRNA make protein in ...
Definition
transcription, translation
Term
... hooks on ribosomes made of ...
Definition
tRNA, rRNA
Term
... ... is the first thing that is made in RNA splicing.
Definition
pre mRNA
Term
Introns leave the exons because they are ...
Definition
expressed
Term
To go to cytoplasm, pro-mRNA have a ... and a ... ...
Definition
cap, poly A tail
Term
... - mRNA - three base sequence of mRNA that determines amino acid of a protein
Definition
codon
Term
During ..., it will code for some amino acid, but no change in protein.
Definition
silent
Term
... ... are found in groups of 3 bases
Definition
Reading frame
Term
Adding or deleting base and causing a non functional protein are results of ...
Definition
a frame shift
Term
... has an anti-codon, reads a codon, has a wobble, can change last base and still has code for amino acid.
Definition
tRNA
Term
... ... - chart of mRNA codon with 20 amino acids to determine protein.
Definition
Gmetric code
Term
during ... ..., red blood cells become sickle shaped and hemoglobin cannot carry normal amount of oxygen.
Definition
Sickle cell
Term
... ... can be cut into smaller fragments with certain enzymes and them amplified, creating billions of copies.
Definition
Extracted DNA
Term
... ... - fragments of DNA can be joined together with the help of special enezymes, creating an artificial assembly of genetic material.
Definition
Recombinant DNA
Term
... ... - introduction of recombinant DNA into a host cell, followed by the copying and propagation of the introduced DNA in the cells of the host and all of it's offspring.
Definition
DNA cloning
Term
Organisms that have been genetically engenieered are called ... ... ...
Definition
genetically modified organisms
Term
... ... is the process of identifying DNA unique to a species or individual and is especially important in forensic science.
Definition
DNA fingerprinting
Term
... is the three step process that begins with removing the nucleus from an egg and then fusing the enucleated egg with a somatic cell from a nuclear donor.
Definition
Cloning
Term
The new embryo is then implanted into a ... ... to develop
Definition
surrogate mother
Term
... ... raises ethical concerns in the minds of some.
Definition
Genetic engineering
Term
Some see no conflict in altering ... of a bacterium or a virus but object to changing the ... of a food plant.
Definition
DNA, genome
Term
... modified ... produce such things as insulin, blood-clotting proteins for hemophiliacs, and clot-dissolving enzymes for stroke victims.
Definition
Genetically, bacteria
Term
... ... allows scientists to see and analyze DNA fragments.
Definition
Gel electrophoresis
Term
A ... ... ... uses a special type of DNA polymerase to quickly make billions of copies of a targeted DNA sequence.
Definition
polymerase chain reaction
Term
PCR is used in diverse fields such as medical diagnostics, forensics, paternity testing, and paleoanthropology to ... the DNA collected from only a few cells.
Definition
Amplify
Term
... can be used to:
- alter the inherited characteristics of an organism.
- used to make copies of recomb. DNA to host rell.
- raises ethical questions
Definition
Genetic engineering
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