Ch.8 Microbial Genetics

Question 0

Genome

Answer 0

All the genetic information in a cell

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

Science of heredity

Question 2

Genome in Eukaryotes

Answer 2

Multiple linear c’somes in nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast

Question 3

Genome of Prokaryote

Answer 3

1 to a few circular c’some and plasmids in cytoplasm

Question 4

Chromosomes

Answer 4

Physical structure composed of DNA carrying genes

Question 5

Genes

Answer 5

Segments of DNA that code for a working protein or part of a protein or RNA

Question 6

Transformation

Answer 6

Pick DNA up from environment

Question 7

Conjugation

Answer 7

Get from another bacterial cell, sex pili and F factor plasmids

Question 8

Transduction

Answer 8

Get when infected by bacteriophage virus

Question 9

Plasmids

Answer 9

Smaller circular DNA molecules

Question 10

Transposons

Answer 10

Small pieces of DNA that can move from one part of the genome to another