Biology Flashcards
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Biology stands for
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Bios= Life
Logos-= Study
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The study of life is called
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Biology
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The term biology was first coined by
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Lamark
Treviranus
1801
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What are the two branches of Biology
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Botany and Zoology
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Who is called the father of zoology as well as biology
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Aristotle
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Who is the father of Botany
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Theophrastus
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Anatomy
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Study of the Internal structure of organisms
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Agrology
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Soil science especially dealing with the production of crop
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Agronomy
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Science and technology of soil management for the production of crop
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Agrostology
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Study of grasses
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Arthrology
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Study of Joints
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Apiculture
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Rearing honey bees for honey
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Anthropology
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Study of Origin, development and relationship between the culture of past and present human
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Anthology
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Study of flower and flowering plant
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Angiology
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Study of the blood vascular system including arteries and veins
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Andrology
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Branch of physiology and medicine especially deal with th problem related to male reproductive organ
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Andrology
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The branch of physiology and medicine especially deal with th problem related to male reproductive organ
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Bryology
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Study of Bryophytes
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Biometrics
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Stastical analysis of Biological data
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Biomedical engineering
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Application of engineering for the production and designing of spare part for overcoming various defects in man e.g. Artificial limbs, iron lung pace maker etc….
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Biotechnology
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The technology concerned with living beings for wilful manipulation on molecular level
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Bacteriology
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Study of Bacetia
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Cytology
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Study of cell
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Cryobiology
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It is the study of effect fof low temperature on organisms ans their preservation.
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Clone
Clones are genetically identical individual in a population
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cardiology
Study of heart
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Chiropody
Branch of science related with the study of feet
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Demography
Study of population
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Diffusion
Random movement of molecule/ion or gases from a region of higher concentration to lower concentration.
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Dermatology
Study of skin.
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Dendrochronology
Counting and analyzing annual growth rings of trees to know their age
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Ecology
Study of inter-relationship between living and their environment.
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Evolution
Study of origin of life, variation and formation of new species.
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Embryology
Study of fertilization of egg, formation of zygote and development of embryp
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Eugenics
Study of factors connected with the improvement of human race.
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Euthenics
Study of environmental condition that contribute to the improvement of human beings.
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Euphenics
The improvement of phenotypic defect due to generical abnormality, by altering the environment.
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Ethnology
Study of Science dealing with the different races of human.
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Ethology
Study of animal behaviour in their natured habitats
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Etiology
Study of the causative agent of disease.
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Entomology
Study of insects
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Exobiology
Study of possibility of life in space.
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Floriculture
Cultivation of plant for flower
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Food technology
Scientific processing, preservation, storage and transportation of food
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Forensic Science
Application of science for analysis of various fact and evidence to identify the cause or the person involved in criminal act
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Fishery
CAtching, breeding, rearing and marketing of fishes.
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Forestry
Development and management of forest
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Fermentation
Process of incomplete oxidation that occurs in microbes and other cells in absence of oxygen, leading to the formation of ethyl alcohol
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Genetics
Study of variation and transmission of heredity character from parents to their young ones.
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Growth
Permanent increase in weight and volume and size of an organism
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Genetic Engineering
Manipulation of gene in order to improve the organism.
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Gynecology
Study of female reproductive organ
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Gerontology
Study of ageing.
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Gastroenterology
Study of alimentary canal (stomach and intestine) or related disorders.
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Hypertonic
When two solution have different solute concentrations.The solution which have higher solute concentration is called hypertonic
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Hypotonic
In two solutions which have lower solute concentration is called hypotonic
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Homeothermic
Animals who have constant body temperature are called homeothermic or warm blooded animal
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Histology
Study of tissue organization and their structure with the help of microsope
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Hygiene
Science of taking care of health and prevent disease, specially through cleanliness.
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Hydroponics
Study of growing plants without soil in water which contains nutrients.
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Haematology
Study of blood in health and disease
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Hepatology
Study of liver
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Ichthyology
Study of fishes
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Immunology
Study of immune system or resistance of body to disease
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Kalology
Study of human beauty
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Metazoans
All multicellular animals are called metazoans
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Monoecious
Plants that have both male and female flower
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Morphology
Study of external Structure of organism
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Microbiology
Study of micro-organism like virus, bacteria, algae, fungi an protozoa
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Molecular Biology
Study of molecules found in the body of living organism.
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Medicine
Study of treating disease by a drug.
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Mammography
Branch of science which deal test for breast cancer.
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Mycology
Study of Fungi
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Myrmecology
Study of ant is called myrmecology
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Mixed Farming
Farming along with animal husbandry.
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Nutrients
Chemical substances taken as food are necessary for various functions, growth, and health of living
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Nanotechnology
The study 'Science of very small' is known as nanotechnology of manipulation of material and device on the scale of atomic level
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Neurology
Study of nervous system
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Neonatology
Medical care of newborn especially the ill or premature
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Nephrology
Study of kidneys
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Osmosis
Movement of water molecules across a semipermeable membrane from the region of its higher concentration to the region of lower concentration.
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Odontology
Study of teeth and gum.
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Osteology
Study of bones
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Oncology
Study of cancer and tumours.
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Obstetrics
Science related with care of pregnant women before, during, and after childbirth
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Ornithology
Study of births
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Ophthalmology
Study of eyes
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Orthopaedics
Diagnosis and repair of disorder of locomotory system
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Phytoplankton
Microscopic organism which passively float on the surface of water
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Parasite
Organism which depend on other living organism for their food and shelter and often harm it
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Poikilothermic
Organisms that change their body temperature according to their surrounding. These are also called cold-blooded animals.
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Pigment
A substance which absorb light of certain wavelength like chlorophyll found in green leaves.
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Paleontology
Study of fossils like dinosaurs.
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Physiology
Study of the function of various systems of the organism.
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Pathology
Study of disease, effects, causable agents and transmission of pathogens.
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Pomology
Study of fruit and fruit yielding plant
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Psychiatry
Treatment of mental disorders.
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Psychology
Study of human mind and behaviour.
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Pisciculture
Rearing of fishes
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Phycology
Study of algae
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Paediatrics
Branch of Medicine dealing with children
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Parasitology
Study of parasites.
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Pharmacology
The science that deals with drugs
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Photobiology
Effect of light on various biological processes
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Phylogeny
Evolutionary history of organisms
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Physiotherapy
Treatment of body defects through massage and exercise.
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Radiology
Medical science deals with imaging such as X rays, CT, MRI, PET for diagnosis and treating disease in human body.
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Rhinology
Study of nose and olfactory organs
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Sonography
Study of ultrasound imaging
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Saurology
Study of lizards.
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Serology
Study of serum, the interaction of antigen, and antibodies in the blood
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Sphygmology
Study of pulse and arterial pressure
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Taxonomy
Study of classification, nomenclature, and identification of organisms.
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Telepathy
Communication of thoughts or ideas from one mind to another without normal use of sense. In other words this is the process of mental contact
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Veterinary Science
Science of health care and treatment of domestic animals
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Holstein Friesian
It is a non-indigenous breed of cow.
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Primatology
The study of bodies and behaviour of human-like species such as monkey, ape, orangutan etc
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Viticulture
Cultivation of grapes
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Horticulture
Growing vegetables, flowers, and fruit for commercial purposes.
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Agriculture
The science and art of cultivating soil, raising crops, and rearing livestock
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Olericulture
The science of growing vegetables deal with the culture of non-woody plant for food.
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Living organisms mostly use _______ energy
solar
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Metabolism
Chemical reactions occurring inside a living cell
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Response to stimuli
The living have the ability to sense, the condition of their surroundings and respond to these stimuli
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When we touch leaves of "Touch me not" plant they close, these movement are called
sesmonastic movement
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Life on earth is originated by chemosyntesis and was proved in the laboratory by ____
Miller
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____________________ suggested that life must have developed from a simple inorganic molecule
J.B.S Haldane
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____________ divided all organism into two kingdoms________ and _________ in his book _____________
Linnaeus
Planate, Animalia
Systema Nature
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Who is the father of Taxonomy
Linnaeus
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Genera Plantarium was written by
Benthem and Hooker
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Five classifications was proposed in ___ by whom
1969
RH Whittaker
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What are the components of 5 kingdom classification
Monera (prokaryotic organism like bacteria, cynobacteria and archiobacteria, Filamentous bacteria)
Protista (unicellular)
Fungi (non-green plants)
Planatae (all plants except algae, diatoms, fungi and member of monera and protista)
Animalia ( all animals except protozoan)
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___________________have both heterotropic and autotrophic mode of nutrition, so its placed between plant and animal.
Euglena
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Under Binomial Nomenclature, the first name is _______ started with _______ and the second name is _______ with a ______.
Genus, capital letter
species, small letter
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________________________ popularised the use of embryological characters in taxonomy
Panchanan Maheswari
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The botanist _____________- is credited with creating one of the first widely used natural system of plant classification
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Basic unit of classification is
Species
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The highest unit of calculation is
Kingdom
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_______ is the father of Taxonomy
Carlos Linnus
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Scientific name of Man
Hono sapiens
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The scientific name of Cat
Felis domestica
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Scientific name of Mango
Mangifera indica
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Scientific name of Gram
Cicer arietinum
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Scientific name of Mustard
Brassica campestris
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Scientific name of Wheat
Triticum aestivum
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Scientific name of Frog
Rana tigrina
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Scientific name of Dog
Canis familaris
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Scientific name of Rice
Oryza sativa
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The scientific name of Cow
Bos indicus
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Scientific name of Housefly
Musca domestica
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Scientific name of Pea
Pisum sativum
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Study of cell is called
Cytology
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The word 'cell' was first coined by _____________ in ________________________
British Scientist Robert Hook
in year 1665
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The smallest cell is
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
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The longest cell in human body is
Neuron
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The biggest cell is
egg of Ostrich
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______ and _____ established cell theory in the year ______
Schilden, Schwan
1838-39
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Germ plasma theory was proposed by
August Weisman
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What are the two kinds of cells
Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
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Prokaryotes
The size of the cell is generally small
Nucleus absent.
It contains a single chromosome which is circular in shape
Membrane bound cell organelles are absent
Cell division takes place by fission or budding
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Eukaryotes
Size of cell is generally large
Nucleus preent
It contains more than one chromosome
Cell organelles present
Cell division takes place by mitosis and meiosis
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Structure of typical cell
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Protoplasm
Mitochondria
Golgi bodies
Endoplasmic reticulum
Ribosome
Lysosome
Centrosome
Plastid
Vaculoe
Nucleus
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Cell wall
In plant cells there is a rigid cell wall that is non-living and freely permeable. It is made up of cellulose or chitin. It provides shape and rigidity to the cell.
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The cell was made up of
Peptidoglycan
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Cell membrane
It is also known as plasma membrane which from the outer covering of the animal cell. In plant cell it is found within cell wall. It is thin, elastic, living, double-layer, permeable membrane. It is made up of phospholipid molecules
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Protoplasm and who named it
The whole fluid present inside plasma membrane is protoplasm. The name protoplasm is given to Purkenje in 1839. Protoplasm is made up of various chemical substances like water ions salt and organic molecule. It is the living part of cell.
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Protoplasm is divided into
Cytoplasm
Nucleoplasm
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All organism in _____ kingdom are microsopic
Monera
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80% of protoplasm are
water
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Protoplasm is made of
76%oxygen
10.5%carbon
10%hydrogen
2.5%nitrogen
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The ratio of inorganic and organic compound found in protoplasm
81:19
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Mitochondria was discovered by _____ in ______
Altman
1886
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It has a single membrane or a double membrane structure
double membrane
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Inner membrane of mitochondria has many fold called
Cristae
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The fluid present inside mitochondria is called
matrix, which contains many enzyme and co-enzyme
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Mitochondria is considered as a
Prokaryotic cell inside Eukaryotic
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Mitochondria is the
respiratory site of cellular respiration
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Mitochondria synthesize
Energy-rich compound known that as ATP
Adenosine Tri Phosphate
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Mitochondria is also known as
Power house of the cell
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What is the energy currency of the cell
Adenosine Tri Phosphate
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What are golgi bodies make of
tubes, vesicles, vacuoles
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In plants golgi bodies are more in numbers and known as
Dictyosomes
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Functions of Gogi bodies
Synthesis of cell wall, plasma membrane and lysosomes
It help in the synthesis of carbohydrate from simple sugar which combine with protein made by ribosome forming glycoprotein.
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Functions of Gogi bodies
Synthesis of cell wall, plasma membrane and lysosomes
It helps in the synthesis of carbohydrate from simple sugar which combines with protein made by ribosome forming glycoprotein.
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Membranous network of tubules like structure found in the cytoplasm is called
Endoplasmic Reticulum
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_________ is attached with the nucleus on one side and the plasma membrane on the other
Endoplasmic reticulum
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Ribosome was discovered by whom
Palade
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Ribosomes are made of
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
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Function of Ribosome
Take part in protein synthesis
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Ribosomes
Discovered by Palade. Small granules like structure found attached to the endoplasmic reticulum or in free state. It sis made of Ribonucleic acid.
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Lysosome was discovered by
De Duve
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What are lysosomes
Discovered by De Duve. They are sac-like structure bounded by single membrane and contain hydrolytic enzyme
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Functions of lysosome
It helps in intracellular digestion. The enzyme found in the lysosome may digest the entire cell. So it is also known as 'suicidal bags of the cell'
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Lysosome is also known as the
Suicidal bags of the cell
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Lysosome is not found in
Red blood corpuscles of mammal
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Centrosome was discovered by
Boveri
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Is centrosome found in plant cell or animal cell or both
Animal cell only
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Centrosome
Discovered by Boveri. It is only found in animal cell taking part in cell division. It is not bounded by a membrane consisting of two centrioles.
Centriole found in centrosome initiate the cell division forming spindle fiber between the pole.
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_________ found in centrosome initiate the cell divison forming ________ between the pole
Centriole
spindle fiber
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Function of centrosome
Centriole found i centrosome initiate the cell division forming spindle fiber between the pole
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Where are plastids found
Only in plant cell
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What are the types of plastids
Chloroplast
Chromoplast
Leucoplast
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What is known as the Kitchen of the cell
Chloroplast
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__________ are the green pigment found in gree plant involve in Photosynthesis
Chloroplasts
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Chloroplast is bound by how many unit membranes and what are they
two unit membrane
Grana
Stroma
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Grana
are made up of membrane-bounded sac-like structure known as thylakoid found in stack
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Which contains chlorophyll molecules
Grana
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Grana are made up of membrane-bound sac-like structure known as ________ found in stack
Thylakoid
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_________ is the matrix present inside the chloroplast which contain photosynthetic enzymes and starch and grain
Stroma
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A Granum is composed of
20-50 thylokoids
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light reaction site during photosynthesis
dark reaction site
Granum
Stroma
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Functions of chromoplast
provides various colours to the plant like flower, fruit etc
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Types of chromoplast
Lycopene: In tomato it provides red color
Carotine: Provide yellow or orange colour in plant example carrot
Betanin: Found in sugar beet
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Leucoplast
is colourless. It stores the food in the form of starch fat and protein.
Leucoplast is found in root and underground stem.
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Functions of vacuoles
It helps in osmoregulation. It stores toxic metabolic waste
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Vacuole
It is a fluid-filled single membrane-bounded, dead organelles of a cell. in plant cell, it is larger in size but in animal, it is smaller in size
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What is present inside the nucleus
Nucleoplasm
nucleolus
chromatin material
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Nucleus
The nucleus is a spherical, centrally located major structure found in the cell. In plant cells, it is shifted towards the periphery. It is bounded by a double-layered nuclear membrane having pores. Within the nucleoplasm nucleolus and chromatin, the material is present.
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Nucleolus is rich in
protein and RNA
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_______ is a thin thread-like structure forming a network.
Chromatin
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Chromatin material is made up of genetic substance ______ and _______ protein
DNA (deoxyribo nucleic acid)
histone
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During cell division ______ breaks into pieces and forms chromosome
chromatin
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______ is the control room of the cell
Nucleus
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_______ transmits hereditary character from parent to their offspring.
Chromatin
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Other than nucleus DNA is also found in
Mitochondria and chloroplasts
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______ is able to produce their own protein
Mitochondria
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Active Transport
The movement of substance against diffusion gradient with the use of energy from respiration through cell membrane
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Difference between plant cell and animal cell
Plant cells are large in size
animal cell small
cell wall is made up of cellulose and chitin
cell was is absent
plastid is present
plastid is absent
centrosome absent
centrosome present
vacuole are large in size
smaller in size
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Cell becomes turgid because of
Endosmosis
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Hypertonic and hypotonic
Cells deflate
Cells inflate
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The process of imbibition involves both
Diffusion and capillary action
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Cell increases in volume when placed in
Hypotonic solution
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Chromosomes are thread-like structure found in the nucleus as
Chromatin Material
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Each chromosome is made up of ___________ joined together at a point_______.
two chromatids
centromere
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Genes are made up of ____
DNA
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In some virus____ is the genetic material and is called
RNA
Retrovirus
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Which has only one chromosome
Prokaryotes
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Chromosomes are made up of
DNA and Protein
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Chromosomes are named by
Waldeyer in 1888
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________ cells produce many chromosomes
Eukaryotic cells
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Gametes have _____ set of chromosomes
Haploid
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Chromosomes in Pigeon
80
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Chromosomes in Chimpanzee
48
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Chromosomes in Rabbit
44
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Chromosomes in Frog
26
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Chromosomes in House Fly
12
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Chromosomes in Dog
78
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Chromosomes in Potato
48
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Chromosomes in Wheat
42
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Chromosomes in Tomato
24
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Chromosomes in Mosquito
6
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Chromosomes in Horse
64
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Chromosomes in Human
46
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Chromosomes in Cat
38
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Chromosomes in Pea
14
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Chromosomes in Ascaris
2
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_________ the first to isolate DNA from the nucleus of pus cells
Frederic Meischer
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_________ the first to isolate DNA from the nucleus of pus cells
Frederic Meischer
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Chemically a nucleotide has ____ components and what are they
3
1. Nitrogen base
2. Deoxyribose sugar
3. Phosphate group
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What are the two types of Nitrogen bases
Purines
Pyrimidines
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Purines contains two types of nitrogen bases
Adinine
guanine
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Pyrimidine nitrogen base are
Thymine
Cytosine
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How many types of nucleotides present in the DNA
four
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____ and ____ gave the sturctural model of DNA
Watson and Crick
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DNA molecule consists of ________ strand formaing a double helix
Two Polynucleotide strand
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Each polynucleotide strand has a backboe of ____ and ____
sugar
phosphate
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_______ is attached to the sugar
Nitrogen base
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Neucleoside
= Sugar+Nitrogen base
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Necleotide
=sugar + nitrogen base +phosphate
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Nitrogenous base of the two strands of a double helix form a pair with the help of
Hydrogen bonds
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Number of hydrogen bond found between guanine and cytosine are
3
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Adenine pairs with ____ or vice versa by ____-
thymine
double hydrogen bond
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Hydrophilic nature of DNA is due to presence of
Phosphate Bond
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DNA synthesis
RNA
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______ is a essential constituent of Nucleic acid
Phosphorous
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Sub Unit of DNA is
Nucleotide
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Any change in the base sequence within gene is called
Mutation
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RNA
Ribonucleic Acid : RNA is a single stranded nucleic acid made u po phosphate, ribose sugar and nitrogen base uracil, adenine, guanine and cytosine. It is found in nucleus as well as cytoplasm
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RNA molecules which act as enzymes
riboenzyme
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What are the types of RNA
1. Messanger RNA (mRNA)
2. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
3. Transfer RNA (tRNA)
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Messenger RNA
It brings message from DNA found in the nucleus to cytoplasm in the coded form
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Ribosomal RNA
Present in Ribosome which is the site of protein synthesis
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Transfer RNA
It is the carrier of amino acid and transfer it to the ribosome
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The process of copying genetic information from one strand of DNA into mRNA is termed as
Transcription
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DNA: Sugar is ___ type
deoxyribose
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RNA: Sugar is ____type
ribose
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RNA: it contains _____ at the place of thymine
Uracil
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DNA: it is mainly found in
nucleus
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RNA: is mainly found in
nucleus and cytoplasm
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Cell cycle
It is the sequence of events in which cell duplicates its genetic material, synthesis the other constituents of cell and ultimately divide into two daughter cells
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Cell Division
The process in which cell increase in their number is. called cell division. It is needed for growth, development and repair of the body. There are mainly two kind of cell division.
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Mitosis occurs in
somatic cell
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Uncontrolled mitosis may cause
tumor or cancerous growth
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Meiosis
Also called reduction division. This type of division takes place during the formation of haploid gamete
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how many daughter cells are produced from one meiotic cell division
4
296
Division of nucleus during cell division is called
karyokinesis
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Division of cytoplasm is called
Cytokinesis
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Two complete set of chromosome is called
diploid, found in somatic cell
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Single set of chromosome is cell is called
haploid, found in gametes
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Exchange of genetic material between two non sister chromatids takes place during meiosis cell division is called
crossing over
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A pair of chromosome have same size and shape bearing corresponding gene
Homologous chromosome
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Alternative form of characters governed by gene
Allele
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The character of the organism which can be seen directly
Phenotype
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Genetic constitution of organism is called
genotype
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The membrane surrounding the vacuole
Tonoplast
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The basic trilaminar structure of cell membrane
Unit membrane
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The name Genetics was coined by ______ in ____
W. Wattson
1905
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_____ was the first to use the name gene in ____
Johannes
1909
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Who was the first who gave the idea of heredity based on his experiment in 1822-1884
Gregar Johan Mendal
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Who is the father of genetics?
Gregar Johan Mendal
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Mendal chosen_____ for his experiment
pea plant
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Mental made a cross between two pure plant having contrasting character for single trait called
monohybrid cross ie. tall and dwarf plant for height
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Phenotypic ration of Mono Hybrid cross
3:1
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Genotypic ration of Mono Hybrid cross
1:2:1
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Law of dominance
offspring of cross breed parent only show dominant characters in F1 generation
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Law of segregation
In F2 generation both the character which is governed by gene is separated
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Law of independent assortment
During dihybrid and trihybrid cross two or three pair of characters are taken. These characters segregate separately without depending on other in F2 generation
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Mutation
A sudden change in the gene which is heritable from one generation to other. The term Mutation was first coined by Hugo De Vries
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Linkage
linkage is an exception in Mendel Law. When two different gene are present on the same chromosome they express themself together instead of independently. This phenomenon is known as Linkage. The word linkage first coined by Morgan (1910)
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Variation
When characters are transmitted from one generation to next generation there is some change. Change in characters by recombination of gene in offspring. So, they looks different from their parents. This phenomenon is known as Variation
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Chromosomal aberrations
Any change in chromosomal structure is known as Chromosomal aberrations
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Cloning
it is a process of producing identical organism from a single cell having same genetic character as his mother. Ex. Sheep Dolly was produced from a single cell
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____ was assigned to the world’s first clone of an adult animal by the British Scientists
Dolly
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Totipotency
It is the potential ability of a plant cell to grow in a complete plant
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Pluriopotency
It is Seth potential ability of a cell to develop into any kinds of cell of animal body
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Genetically modified organism (GMO)
Manipulation of gene by cutting or joining the segment of DNA to get desired varieties of organism is called genetically modified organism. this is also known as genetic engineering.
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Autonomies
Chromosomes found in cell which are responsible for characters other than sex are called autosomes
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Sex Chromosome
The pair of chromosome which determine the sex of organism is called sex chromosome.
Human have 23 pairs of chromosomes in which 22 pair are autosomes and one pair is sex chromosome
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Genome
All gene present in a haploid cell is called genome
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Plasmagen
Gene which are found in organelles of cytoplasm called plasmagen
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Cistron
Functional unit of gene is called cistron
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Muton
Unit of gene responsible for mutation
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Recon
Unit of gene take part in recombination
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______________ had given the modern definition of gene
S. Benzer (1962)
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The gene which exhibits multiple effects is called
Pleiotropic
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When one gene pair hide the effect of other unit, it is called
Epistasis
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____________________ is a technique used for the detection of disputed parentage.
DNA fingerprinting
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Reverse Transcription was discovered by
Temin and Baltimore
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Targeted drug delivery and gene therapy are made possible by the use of ____________________ in health sector.
Nanotechnology
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____________________ is a genetically engineered form of brinjal has been developed to make it ____________________
But brinjal
Pest resistant
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____________________ of some people is the reason of multiple-drug resistance in microbial pathogens
Genetic predisposition
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____________________ is a molecular scissors used in targeted gene editing which is often mentioned in news
Cas I protein
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In normal cell, the process of the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA is called
Transcription
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