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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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1. Form of reproductive isolation in which two populations reproduce at different times
Temporal Isolation
Species
Artificial selection
Mitosis
2. During transcription an RNA molecule is formed
amino acid
Gene flow
Gene mutation
that is complementary to a single strand of DNA
3. One of the identical rods of a chromosome.
cytoplasm
Amber
Chromatid
Mold
4. Similar embryological structures in different species - such as gill slits - may demonstrate that these species share a common ancestor.
embryological evidence
Gene mutation
body fossils
Vestigial organs
5. To create a recombinant DNA molecule - one would have to first cut two DNAs with creating before pasting them together
Dihybrid Cross
Natural Selection
restriction enzymes - sticky ends
mRNA
6. Molecules that join together to form DNA and RNA. Monomers that make up a nucleic acid
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
translation
Sub - species
Nucleotide
7. Genes contain instructions for assembling
Hybrid Inviability
mutation
Centromere
proteins
8. The formation of new species as a result of evolution
tRNA
Hybrid Breakdown
Phenotype
Speciation
9. Actual remains of an organism such as bones - teeth - shells - etc.
Chiasma
body fossils
Divergent Evolution
Mate Selection
10. Individual that is heterozygous for two traits; shows the phenotype governed by the dominant alleles but carries the recessive alleles
Endemic
molecular evidence
Dihybrid
Adaptation
11. Another name for a gene
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Testcross
Allele
Monophyletic
12. A model for the evolution of different froms over a long period of time but with only slight chchanges occring between successive generations
Phyletic Gradualism (anagenesis)
Founder effect
Allopatric Speciation
Chromosome mutation
13. The reduction of a population - typically by a natural disaster - such that the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population.
mRNA
Evolution
Bottleneck Effect
Cytosine
14. A combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents
amino acid
Comparative Embryology
Disruptive Selection
Recombination
15. Change in allele frequencies as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population
Homologous pair
Founder Effect
Macroevolution
Species
16. Found only in that country
Homologous pair
Recessive
Endemic
Comparative embryology
17. The gradual changes in gene frequencies in a population due to random events
cytoplasm
Duplication
tRNA
Genetic Drift
18. Identical alleles for a gene
Homozygote
Mutation
Dominant
Thymine
19. Science dealing with DNA and protein synthesis of living organisms. Manipulation of DNA.
Semi - conservative replication
Stabilising
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Molecular biology
20. Visual expression of a trait
Genetic Equilibrium
Monophyletic
Behavioral (ethological) Isolation
Phenotype
21. A taxon originating from and including a single common ancestor
Character Displacement
Monophyletic
Comparative Anatomy
Paleozoic era
22. Process in which DNA is duplicated
Geologic Evolution
introns
Allele Frequency
replication
23. Determined the complete double helical structure of DNA
Geologic Evolution
Homozygous
watson and crick
Comparative Anatomy
24. Building block of a nucleic acid (DNA and RNA)
Ecological Barrier
nucleotide
Crossing over
Heterozygous
25. Similar DNA sequences or protein structures (such as hemoglobin) may link different species to a similar ancestor.
Comparative Embryology
molecular evidence
Hybrid Inviability
hydrogen bonds
26. The enzyme that binds to the promoter region of a gene during transcription is called...
RNA polymerase
Adaptation
Alleles
Analogous Features
27. How often a form of a gene appears in a gene pool
Sequential Evolution
restriction enzyme
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Allele Frequency
28. The evolutionary process by which a species becomes better suited to its niche.
Heterozygous
Phenotype
Adaptation
Crossing over
29. Trait evolves overtime; NO common ancestry
introns
Allele
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
Stabilising
30. Change to a chromosome in which part of the chromosome is repeated
deoxyribose and phosphate
Evolution
Microevolution
Duplication
31. A point of overlap of paired chromatids at which fusion and exchange of genetic material (crossing over) occurs during prophase I of meiosis.
Testcross
Mechanical (morphological) Isolation
Chiasma
Sub - species
32. Change to a chromosome in which a fragment of the chromosome is removed
Gene frequency
Deletion
mRNA
Chromatid
33. Populations that can interbreed with neighboring populations but not with populations separated by larger geographical distances
Mutagen
Deme
Founder Effect
Ring Species
34. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
Habitat
Founder effect
Hybrid
Gamete Isolation
35. Organisms with similar functions - but different underlying structure. Example: bird and insect wing. These structures do NOT show a common ancestral link.
Analogous structures
index fossil
Somatic
Codon
36. The study relating the evolution of new charateristics to changes in the genes controlling development
Population
Evo Devo
Heterozygous
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
37. The adaptive increase in pigmentation as a result of human - induced pollutants
restriction enzyme
Genetic Drift
Industrial Melanism
hydrogen bonds
38. Term used to refer to an organism that has two different alleles for the same trait. e.g Tt is the heterozygous genotype for Tall.
DNA
Monohybrid
Heterozygous
Parallel Evolution
39. Large - scale evolutionary changes that take place over long periods of time
Guanine
Haploid/Monoploid
Macroevolution
Homozygous
40. 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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41. The structure on a tRNA molecule that allows it interact with an mRNA molecule
Homologous Structures
Deme
anticodon
Adenine
42. Any indirect evidence of life preserved as an impression in rock; trails - footprints - tracks - burrows - and bite marks
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
Ecological (habitat) Isolation
Genetic Equilibrium
trace fossils
43. A pairing where the parent plants differ in only one character.
Species
Monohybrid Cross
Natural Selection
Genetic Drift
44. shape of a DNA molecule formed when two twisted DNA strands are coiled into a springlike structure and held together by hydrogen bonds between the bases.
False RNA
Hybrid
Sequential Evolution
Double Helix
45. Are noncoding sequences in the gene that are removed from RNA after transcription
Punctuated Equilibrium
Sequential Evolution
Cytosine
introns
46. Pea plants
Allele Frequency
Crossing over
Immigration
Medel worked with _____
47. Any preserved remains of an organism from the past. Usually found in sedimentary rock.
Fossils
Molecular biology
Allele
rRNA
48. The region of the chromosome that holds the two sister chromatids together during mitosis
Centromere
Germ
Dihybrid Cross
The cell uses information from mRNA to produce proteins
49. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Fossil
Nucleotide
Test Cross
50. A group of organisms whose members are sufficiently alike to be able to reproduce and produce fertile offspring and who are unable to reproduce with other such groups
Stasis
Sympatric Speciation
Species
molecular evidence
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