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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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1. One of the identical rods of a chromosome.
Heterozygous
Polyploidy
Chromatid
Dominant
2. Chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual. These are X for female and Y for male. The female egg is an X while the male sperm can be X or Y
index fossil
Sex Chromosomes
Chromatid
Evolution
3. A distinct population of a species that varies from other populations of the same species.
deoxyribonucleic acid
Sub - species
Ecological (habitat) Isolation
Parallel Evolution
4. Any preserved remains of an organism from the past. Usually found in sedimentary rock.
Species
Stabilising
Fossils
DNA fingerprint
5. The complete genetic material contained in an individual
Gene mutation
Genome
Adaptive Radiation
GATTACA
6. Any indirect evidence of life preserved as an impression in rock; trails - footprints - tracks - burrows - and bite marks
Crossing over
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Genotype
trace fossils
7. Features of different species tat are similar in function but not necessarily in structure and in which the similarity is not the result of common ancestry
Gamete Isolation
Extinction
Dihybrid Cross
Analogous Structures (analogies)
8. Which type of Rna functions as a blue print of the genetic code
tRNA
Bottleneck Effect
Artificial selection
mRNA
9. A process that results in an allele having a different probability of remaining in the gene pool compared with that of another allele
Selection
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Founder Effect
Hybrid Breakdown
10. The number of times an allele appears in a population
Independent assortment
Mutation
stop codon
Allele Frequency
11. Copying the code from DNA onto mRNA
translation
transcription
Macroevolution
Comparative Embryology
12. Features that are superficially similar but have different modes of development
Convergent Evolution
Meiosis
Analogous Features
Migration
13. Used radioactive sulfur and radioactive phosphorus to determine that DNA is the genetic material - by demonstrating that it is DNA that is injected by bacteriophages into bacterial cells during infection
Comparative Anatomy
Hershey and Chase
Genetic Drift
Migration
14. Innate trait; shared ancestry
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
Fossil
Dihybrid Cross
Disruptive Selection
15. A base found in DNA (but not in RNA). This base pairs with Adenine.
Meiosis
Thymine
Duplication
Comparative Anatomy
16. When chromosome is changed by radiation and chemicals - results a permanent structural change in the chromosome - which will no longer be able to pair with its homologous pair. Eg - deletion - duplication - inversion and translocation.
Chromosome mutation
Behavioral (ethological) Isolation
translation
Adaptive Radiation
17. Earth's history organized into four eras: Precambrian - Paleozoic - Mesozoic - and Cenozoic
Mutation
Convergent Evolution
Phenotype
geologic time scale
18. To create a recombinant DNA molecule - one would have to first cut two DNAs with creating before pasting them together
Hershey and Chase
restriction enzymes - sticky ends
Comparative anatomy
Cytosine
19. What does DNA stand for...
Pentadactyl limb
deoxyribonucleic acid
mRNA
Gametic
20. Change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
Histone
Mutation
Double Helix
Ecological (habitat) Isolation
21. Middle life (245-144 million years ago); rise of mammals and dinosaurs; the rise of birds; extinction of dinosaurs - rise of flowering plants
Chromosome mutation
Migration
Mesozoic era
codon
22. Separates DNA by size
Homozygous
gel electrophoresis
Population
index fossil
23. The signal on a mRNA molecule that designates the end of the coding sequence is called the...
Mass Extinction
stop codon
Independent assortment
Bottleneck Effect
24. T or F a codon consist of three nucleotides
Genotype
Convergent Evolution
Genetic Equilibrium
true
25. 2 alleles for a character separate during the formation of gametes - so that each gamete only carriers one allele for each character
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26. Genes contain instructions for assembling
Phenotype
anticodon
true
proteins
27. Molecules that join together to form DNA and RNA. Monomers that make up a nucleic acid
restriction enzymes - sticky ends
Crossing over
amino acid
Nucleotide
28. Describes a cell - nucleus - or organism that has only one set of unpaired chromosomes
NIche Isolation
replication
Mitosis
Haploid/Monoploid
29. DNA that is coiled around proteins
Monohybrid Cross
Monophyletic
chromatin
that is complementary to a single strand of DNA
30. Recognize and cut DNA at specific sequences usually palindromes
Heritable variation
restriction enzyme
Molecular biology
Pentadactyl limb
31. Is a base found in DNA and RNA. This base pairs with Cytosine in DNA
Heterozygous
Crossing over
Guanine
Test Cross
32. Ribosomal RNA; type of RNA that makes up part of the ribosome
mRNA
cytoplasm
Ring Species
rRNA
33. A taxon originating from and including a single common ancestor
Double Helix
Monophyletic
Relative dating
Mutation
34. Uses metamorphic or igneous rock - calculates the age of an object by assessing the amount of radioactive element still present in the organism. Radioactive elements are slowly lost over time because of decay.
rRNA
Absolute dating
Analogous Features
Founder Effect
35. The evolutionary history/geneology of a group of organisms (a tree thingy)
If you lose one then you will still have one to back you up.
Phylogeny
Natural Selection
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
36. Organ that serves no useful function in an organism
Mold
Vestigial organs
Substitution
Population
37. Method of replication that implies that each new strand of DNA is half original and half new
molecular evidence
Semi - conservative replication
Directional Selection
Rosalind Franklin
38. How often a form of a gene appears in a gene pool
Chargaff
Double Helix
Allele Frequency
Monophyletic
39. The backbone of DNA consist of...
Test Cross
deoxyribose and phosphate
Homozygote
Mitosis
40. Pea plants
anticodon
Niche
Environment
Medel worked with _____
41. Synonym for protein; chain of amino acids
Petrification
Coevolution
Mechanical (morphological) Isolation
polypeptide
42. Condition in which an organism has extra sets of chromosomes
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Polyploidy
Monohybrid
Punnett Square
43. Embryos of similar organisms have very similar early development indicating similar DNA at work
Migration
Microevolution
Monophyletic
Comparative Embryology
44. Periods of rapid evolution punctuated by periods of little change
its negative charge
Punctuated Equilibrium
Deletion
Natural Selection
45. Trait evolves overtime; NO common ancestry
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
tRNA
Nucleotide
Endemic
46. Selection acting against the extremes of a range of variation - resulting in resistance to change in allele frequencies
Stabilising
Genetic Equilibrium
Incomplete Dominance
Adaptive Radiation
47. The final product of transcription is...
watson and crick
False genes
mRNA
embryological evidence
48. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
nucleotide
clinC
Fossil
Industrial Melanism
49. When a few individuals become isolated from a larger population - this smaller group may establish a new population whose gene pool is different from their source population.
Geologic Evolution
Cenozoic era
Founder effect
tRNA
50. Types of rocks formed after exposure to very high heat. Because of the high temperatures - fossils are not able to be recovered from these types of rocks. Absolute or radioactive dating is possible - however.
Chromatid
Dihybrid Cross
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Genotype