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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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1. Process in which DNA is duplicated
Ring Species
replication
Directional Selection
Convergent Evolution
2. 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.
Allele Frequency
thymine
Alleles
Mitosis
3. Natural disaster eliminates most of the population - members left contribute the alleles for the new population.
clinC
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Bottle neck effect
Allele Frequency
4. Populations that can interbreed with neighboring populations but not with populations separated by larger geographical distances
Ring Species
Double Helix
Genetic Drift
Hershey and Chase
5. What does DNA stand for...
Gene frequency
Speciation
Mutation
deoxyribonucleic acid
6. Dna moves during electrophoresis because of...
Gamete Isolation
Heterozygous
Population
its negative charge
7. Natural selection that causes the frequency of a particular allele to move in one direction
Directional Selection
Convergent Evolution
Guanine
Igneous and metamorphic rock
8. Process by which one species gives rise to two or more species
Vestigial structure
Sedimentary Rock
translation
Speciation
9. Speciation preceded by a period of geographical isolation
Allopatric Speciation
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
Cenozoic era
10. 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
Hershey and Chase
Adaptive Radiation
Mesozoic era
Analogous structures
11. 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.
Isolating Mechanism
Substitution
Double Helix
Ring Species
12. Large - scale evolutionary changes that take place over long periods of time
Deletion
polypeptide
Macroevolution
Thymine
13. Predicts the possible outcome of a genetic cross.
thymine
Punnett Square
Adenine
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
14. Trait where heterozygous is a blending of two alleles
Mass Extinction
Character Displacement
Genotype
Mutation
15. The molecules responsible for bringing amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis are
Balanced Polymorphism
Bottle neck effect
tRNA
Mutation
16. Building block of a protein
trace fossils
NIche Isolation
genes
amino acid
17. Mutation where an extra base is added
Mitosis
Homozygote
Insertion
Test Cross
18. The formation of new species as a result of evolution
Speciation
Mold
proteins
Directional Selection
19. Change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
Deletion
Gene mutation
Mutation
Genome
20. 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
Vestigial structure
Fitness
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
Meiosis
21. Pea plants
Medel worked with _____
Analogous Features
Dihybrid Cross
true
22. Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
Cytosine
Natural Selection
Mutation
nucleotide
23. Is a base found in DNA and RNA. In DNA its partner is Thymine. In RNA its partner is Uracil
Heterozygote
Adenine
Sequential Evolution
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
24. Is a trait that is more expressed than another trait. Is written in capital letters for Genotype. E.g Tall genotype is TT or Tt where T is the allele for tall trait and t is the trait for small. T will be expressed more.
Dominant
Analogous Features
Gene mutation
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
25. The gradual changes in gene frequencies in a population due to random events
Mutation
Mass Extinction
Punnett Square
Genetic Drift
26. A change in the base sequence of DNA; the ultimate source of new alleles
hydrogen bonds
Directional Selection
mRNA
Mutation
27. The reduction of a population - typically by a natural disaster - such that the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population.
Mechanical (morphological) Isolation
tRNA
Industrial Melanism
Bottleneck Effect
28. Because of base pairing in DNA the amount of
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
Monohybrid Cross
Locus
Gamete Isolation
29. Movement of alleles into or out of a population due to the migration of individuals to or from the population
Gene flow
Gene
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
Gene Pool
30. A body cell
Somatic
chromatin
tRNA
Hybrid
31. Deoxyribonucleic acid carries the genetic code for the proper functioning of an organism. It is composed of 5 carbon sugar (deoxyribose) four bases Adenine - Thymine - Cytosine and Guanine. the sugar is bonded to a phosphate group. This forms a long
DNA
Gene
Phylogeny
tRNA
32. 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.
Test Cross
Independent assortment
tRNA
nucleotide
33. Change of an organism over time. This can be caused by changes in in habitat or need to adapt for survival.
Evolution
Gene pool
Molecular biology
Extinction
34. Which structure contains anticodons
Mesozoic era
tRNA
Alleles
Relative dating
35. Physical characteristics of an organism based on its genotype. e.g. Plant that has a genotype of TT will have a phenotype of Tall.
Phenotype
Mass Extinction
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Ice
36. Two alternative forms of a gene e.g Tall vs Short
Hybrid Inviability
Alleles
Species
Ring Species
37. One of the types of fossils made from hardened tree resin. Preserves both hard and soft parts.
Comparative Anatomy
Population
Amber
Phylogeny
38. Is found in DNA
Heterozygous
Ecological (habitat) Isolation
thymine
Gene mutation
39. Name for oism with one dominant and one recessive allele
Ring Species
Heterozygous
Comparative Embryology
Allopatric Speciation
40. Heteros have a phenotype tintertmediate b/t phenotypes of the 2 homoz
Selection
restriction enzyme
Incomplete Dominance
Igneous and metamorphic rock
41. T or F If a nucleic acid contain uracil it is DNA
Homologous pair
Gene
Pentadactyl limb
False RNA
42. Hybrid is sterile so biologically unfit
Hybrid Infertility
Pentadactyl limb
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
Germ
43. Form of reproductive isolation in which structural differences in the anatomy of reproductive organs prevent sperm transfer between individuals of different species
Founder Effect
nucleotide
Adaptation
Mechanical (morphological) Isolation
44. 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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45. A change in the base sequence of a gene
Phenotype
Hybrid
Deme
Gene mutation
46. Type of sympatric speciation that occurs when a new species is formed because of a change in microhabitats
Comparative Anatomy
Test Cross
Mesozoic era
NIche Isolation
47. Evolutionary process in which a species or related species folllow different evolutionary paths to eventually become less related
Divergent Evolution
Adaptation
Fitness
Germ
48. All the genes in a population. genes are added by reproduction and immigration and lost by death and emigration
Clade
Homologous Structures
Adenine
Gene Pool
49. Reciprocal evolution in two species as a result of the selection pressure each imposes upon the other
Coevolution
Post -zygotic Mechanisms
Divergent Evolution
Fossils
50. Form of reproductive isolation in which two populations reproduce at different times
Nucleotide
Temporal Isolation
Crossing over
Fitness
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