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CSET Genetics And Evolution
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1. The complete genetic material contained in an individual
Genome
Paleozoic era
Speciation
Ecological (habitat) Isolation
2. Layers of compressed sedimentary rock demonstrate the order or sequence at which events occurred. Cannot delineate the exact point of time - but is able to distinguish the order of events.
Population
Genetic Equilibrium
Disruptive Selection
Relative dating
3. Describes the existence of a prezygotic reproductive barrier between two species as a result of them occupying or breeding in different habitats within the same general geographical area
nucleotide
Fossil
Deletion
Ecological (habitat) Isolation
4. A mutation in which one nucleotide is replaced by another nucleotide
Substitution
deoxyribose and phosphate
Bottleneck Effect
Mendel's traits are now called _____ found on DNA
5. A pairing where the parent plants differ in only one character.
Monohybrid Cross
Fitness
Bottle neck effect
rRNA
6. 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.
Dihybrid Cross
Adenine
Mitosis
Chromosome mutation
7. Speciation which does not involve a period of geographical separation
Phylogeny
transcription
Selection
Sympatric Speciation
8. The offspring of a cross between two inbred lines within a single species. May also refer to the offspring of across between two species
Genome
Hybrid
Chromosome mutation
Analogous Features
9. The molecules responsible for bringing amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis are
Deme
Population
Medel worked with _____
tRNA
10. Shows how the embryos of different groups resemble each other at particular stages. Similarities indicate groups may share a common ancestor
Directional Selection
Chargaff
The cell uses information from mRNA to produce proteins
Comparative embryology
11. Change to a chromosome in which a fragment of one chromosome attaches to a nonhomologous chromosome
Incomplete Dominance
Translocation
Genetic Drift
tRNA
12. Actual remains of an organism such as bones - teeth - shells - etc.
Analogous Structures (analogies)
Ring Species
nucleotide
body fossils
13. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
Fossil
Monophyletic
Mutation
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
14. An episode of large - scale extinction affecting many different groups of organisms within a short period of time
Mass Extinction
Haploid/Monoploid
Hybrid Breakdown
Bottleneck Effect
15. A point of overlap of paired chromatids at which fusion and exchange of genetic material (crossing over) occurs during prophase I of meiosis.
Chiasma
Selection pressure
Stabilising selection
DNA
16. Speciation preceded by a period of geographical isolation
Hominid
Allopatric Speciation
Alleles
Adenine
17. Which structure contains anticodons
Monophyletic
Genotype
tRNA
homologous (Evolution Evidence)
18. Three mRNA nucleotides that code for a specific amino acid
Macroevolution
Pentadactyl limb
codon
Allele Frequency
19. A type of barrier between species; the species remain isolated because male and femal gametes of the different species cannot fuse - or they die before they unite.
Species
Gametic
Germ
Genotype
20. Organisms with similar functions - but different underlying structure. Example: bird and insect wing. These structures do NOT show a common ancestral link.
amino acid
Analogous structures
Dominant
Stabilising selection
21. Type of rock made from small pieces of other rocks and organisms pressed together. Source of fossil preservation. Limited radioactive or absolute dating potential.
Sedimentary Rock
Cytosine
Population
Semi - conservative replication
22. Impression made from a organism in soft material such as sand or mud.
Mold
cytosine in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules
true
Temporal Isolation
23. Identical alleles for a gene
Genetic Equilibrium
Somatic
The cell uses information from mRNA to produce proteins
Homozygote
24. Form of reproductive isolation in which structural differences in the anatomy of reproductive organs prevent sperm transfer between individuals of different species
Analogous structures
Mechanical (morphological) Isolation
Selection
Test Cross
25. Movement of organisms ro of from a population
Cast
DNA
Migration
tRNA
26. Process by which an organism is slowly turned to stone as the body is replaced by minerals.
Petrification
Isolating Mechanism
Population
Disruptive Selection
27. Genes contain instructions for assembling
Gene pool
Species
proteins
Sedimentary Rock
28. Selection for the ability to obtain a mate
Absolute dating
chromatin
Sexual Selection
Stasis
29. Building block of a protein
amino acid
Natural Selection
Phylogeny
Haploid/Monoploid
30. Periods of little adaptive change
Sex Chromosomes
Common Ancestor
Stasis
Immigration
31. Messenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome
mRNA
Mesozoic era
Adaptive Radiation
embryological evidence
32. A base found in DNA (but not in RNA). This base pairs with Adenine.
Population
Endemic
Thymine
Vestigial structure
33. Gene
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34. The condition in which there is no change in allele frequencies from generation to generation (i.e. no evolution)
tRNA
Genetic Equilibrium
Chromosomes
Gamete Isolation
35. Embryos of similar organisms have very similar early development indicating similar DNA at work
Comparative Embryology
Industrial Melanism
introns
Molecular biology
36. Relatively rapid proliferation from an ancestral type into new types which fill a diversity of ecological niches
Adaptive Radiation
Polyploidy
Chromosome mutation
Selection
37. Is active during transcription
RNA polymerase
The cell uses information from mRNA to produce proteins
Punctuated Equilibrium
Sequential Evolution
38. 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.
Codon
Igneous and metamorphic rock
Polyploidy
Heterozygous
39. These prevent fertilization between species e.g. diff breeding season - mating behaviour
Behavioral (ethological) Isolation
Habitat
embryological evidence
Pre -zygotic Mechanisms
40. Process by which one species gives rise to two or more species
Speciation
If you lose one then you will still have one to back you up.
analogous (Evolution Evidence)
Chiasma
41. Inherited feature that tends to prevent species from interbreeding with other species
Semi - conservative replication
Isolating Mechanism
Gamete Isolation
Codon
42. Pea plants
Medel worked with _____
Fossil
Allele Frequency
trace fossils
43. Molecules that join together to form DNA and RNA. Monomers that make up a nucleic acid
Pentadactyl limb
Double Helix
Nucleotide
Relative dating
44. Natural disaster eliminates most of the population - members left contribute the alleles for the new population.
Bottle neck effect
Hershey and Chase
amino acids
Comparative Embryology
45. When F1 is fully fertile but F2 has low fertility (rice - cotton)
Population
Hybrid Infertility
Isolating Mechanism
Hybrid Breakdown
46. Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
Sequential Evolution
Clade
Species
Population
47. Evolution of the earth - which is hypothesized to have been formed over 4.6 billion years ago.
restriction enzymes - sticky ends
Geologic Evolution
Sexual Selection
Chromosome mutation
48. A codon is made of...
Organic Evolution
3 nucleotides
Genome
Diploid
49. During transcription an RNA molecule is formed
Chromosomes
Translocation
Comparative anatomy
that is complementary to a single strand of DNA
50. Three dimensional shape of organism made from a mold. May be created with plaster or over time with minerals.
Deletion
Cast
Translocation
chromatin