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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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1. The backbone of DNA consist of...
deoxyribose and phosphate
Natural Selection
If you lose one then you will still have one to back you up.
Substitution
2. Mutation where an extra base is added
Double Helix
nucleotide
Insertion
geologic time scale
3. Embryos of similar organisms have very similar early development indicating similar DNA at work
Comparative Embryology
molecular evidence
Cenozoic era
Insertion
4. A combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents
Recombination
Founder effect
Divergent Evolution
Heritable variation
5. Trait where heterozygous is a blending of two alleles
genes
Mass Extinction
Duplication
Genotype
6. Which type of Rna functions as a blue print of the genetic code
mRNA
Phyletic Gradualism (anagenesis)
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Hybrid Inviability
7. When F1 is fully fertile but F2 has low fertility (rice - cotton)
Somatic
Coevolution
Hybrid Breakdown
Homologous structures
8. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
Dominant
Polyploidy
Habitat
9. A base found in DNA (but not in RNA). This base pairs with Adenine.
Evo Devo
Gene pool
Thymine
Duplication
10. The evolutionary process by which a species becomes better suited to its niche.
Biogeography
Adaptation
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
Polyploidy
11. Any agent that can cause a change in DNA
Niche
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
Mutagen
Recombination
12. When competition causes two closely related species to become more different in regions where their ranges overlap
Biogeography
deoxyribonucleic acid
Character Displacement
Balanced Polymorphism
13. During transcription an RNA molecule is formed
that is complementary to a single strand of DNA
Gametic
Dominant
anticodon
14. Process in which DNA is duplicated
Gene frequency
replication
Monohybrid Cross
NIche Isolation
15. Change of an organism over time. This can be caused by changes in in habitat or need to adapt for survival.
body fossils
Guanine
Homologous structures
Evolution
16. Of a cell or organism having two sets of homologous chromosomes or twice the haploid number
introns
Diploid
Petrification
Pentadactyl limb
17. Breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits
Gametic
Thymine
Artificial selection
Allele
18. T or F If a nucleic acid contain uracil it is DNA
introns
False RNA
Test Cross
index fossil
19. The study of the structures of different organisms - looking at homologous parts
chromatin
Medel worked with _____
Monohybrid Cross
Comparative Anatomy
20. You mate the unknown genotype with an organism showing the recessive trait. If any of the offspring show the recessive trait - the original unknown parent was heterozygous. If no recessive trats show up - the original parent was homozygous.
Chromosomes
Incomplete Dominance
Sympatric Speciation
Test Cross
21. Genes contain instructions for assembling
molecular evidence
Biogeography
proteins
trace fossils
22. Another name for a gene
Gamete Isolation
Allele
Genome
Adaptive Radiation
23. T or F A cloned organism has the same proteins as another organism
Heterozygous
False genes
Allopatric Speciation
Adenine
24. The capacity of an individual of certain genotype to reproduce. It is usually equal to the proportion of the individual's genes in all the genes of the next generation
3 nucleotides
Fitness
Histone
Homozygous
25. An evolutionary 'branch' and its daughter 'twigs'
Germ
The cell uses information from mRNA to produce proteins
Sympatric Speciation
Clade
26. Pea plants
Gene Pool
Medel worked with _____
Chromosomes
Pentadactyl limb
27. A population partially isolated from other populations of the same species
amino acids
Monohybrid Cross
Mesozoic era
Deme
28. Process by which one species gives rise to two or more species
Precambrian era
Genotype
Speciation
introns
29. Any preserved remains of an organism from the past. Usually found in sedimentary rock.
Directional Selection
Stabilising selection
Fossils
Mendel's Principle of Segregation
30. Organ no longer serves a function
Test Cross
vestigial (Evolution Evidence)
Homozygous
Stabilising
31. Change to a chromosome in which a fragment of one chromosome attaches to a nonhomologous chromosome
Environment
Translocation
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Chromatid
32. Three dimensional shape of organism made from a mold. May be created with plaster or over time with minerals.
Cast
genes
mRNA
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
33. Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
Species
deoxyribose and phosphate
Habitat
Gene
34. T or F a codon consist of three nucleotides
true
Analogous structures
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Bottleneck Effect
35. 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.
Pentadactyl limb
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Gene frequency
RNA polymerase
36. Speciation preceded by a period of geographical isolation
Homozygous
Allopatric Speciation
Coevolution
Homologous Structures
37. Type of sympatric speciation that occurs when a new species is formed because of a change in microhabitats
NIche Isolation
Homologous Structures
nucleotides
Codon
38. Synonym for protein; chain of amino acids
polypeptide
gel electrophoresis
Stabilising
Hominid
39. Separates DNA by size
Analogous Features
Character Displacement
gel electrophoresis
Homozygote
40. Organ that serves no useful function in an organism
Vestigial organs
Double Helix
Bottle neck effect
False genes
41. The comparison of the structures of different organisms
Genetic Drift
Comparative anatomy
Mendel's traits are now called _____ found on DNA
Somatic
42. A DNA strand that has the bases CTAATGT forms a complete complementary double helix with
GATTACA
Mutation
tRNA
Gene Pool
43. Form of reproductive isolation in which two populations reproduce at different times
Comparative anatomy
Gene frequency
Crossing over
Temporal Isolation
44. Periods of rapid evolution punctuated by periods of little change
Sympatric Speciation
tRNA
Punctuated Equilibrium
Adaptation
45. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes. Mitosis involves growth and repair and occurs in the body cells.
Mitosis
Rosalind Franklin
Homozygous
Evo Devo
46. A genetic crosses that involve one trait. e.g TT plant crossed with tt plant has offspring who are heterozygous Tt.
Geographical Isolation
trace fossils
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
Monohybrid
47. The offspring of a cross between two inbred lines within a single species. May also refer to the offspring of across between two species
genes
Hybrid
Dominant
Character Displacement
48. The sum total of an organism's requirements; its way of life
Niche
Test Cross
Ice
Amber
49. Is the genetic makeup of an organism (TT or Tt) ; All the combinations of genes you have for a certain trait.
Genotype
codon
Guanine
Speciation
50. Features that are superficially similar but have different modes of development
Incomplete Dominance
Centromere
ribose - phosphate - and a base
Analogous Features
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