101 Bio

Question 1

Amino acids

Answer 1

Monomer of protein

Question 2

Crossing over

Answer 2

Inner sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes exchange sections of DNA

Question 3

chromosome

Answer 3

Condensed structure of DNA

Question 4

Amino Acids

Answer 4

Bond together to form a polypeptide chain

Question 5

Gametes

Answer 5

Reproductive cell

Question 6

Gene

Answer 6

A section of DNA that codes for a particular protein/trait and cannot be altered by recombination

Question 7

Crossing over

Answer 7

This increases genetic variation by shuffling allele combinations.

Question 8

Gene pool

Answer 8

The combination of all the genes present in a reproducing population

Question 9

Genome

Answer 9

The entire set of DNA instructions found in a cell

Question 10

Genotype

Answer 10

The genetic composition of an organism

Question 11

Haploid

Answer 11

describing a cell with a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Question 12

Independent assortment

Answer 12

When homologous pairs of chromosomes line up randomly during Metaphase 1

Question 13

Phenotype

Answer 13

determined by both their genetic makeup (genotype) and environmental factors

Question 14

Sister chromatids

Answer 14

identical copies of a chromosomes formed in DNA replication. Both copies joined by a centromere

Question 15

Monohybrid

Answer 15

The offspring of a cross between parents that differ in the alleles they possess for one particular gene

Question 16

Nucleotide

Answer 16

organic compound consisting of a nitrogen-containing purine or pyrimidine base linked to a sugar and a phosphate group