DNA, GENES AND CHROMOSOMES Flashcards
CHOMOSOMES ARE FOUND IN THE (…)
NUCLEUS
THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL CONTAINS…
YOUR GENETIC MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF CHROMOSOMES
CHROMOSOMES ARE LONG LENGTHGS OF…
DNA COILED UP
GENE IS A SHORT SECTION OF (…)
DNA
HUMAN BODY CELLS ARE DIPLOID THIS MEANS THAT…
THEY HAVE TWO COPIES OF EACH CHROMOSOME ARRANGED IN PAIRS
A HUMAN CELL NUCLEUS CONTAINS 46 CHROMOSOMES IN TOTOAL, SO THE DIPLOID NUMBER FOR A HUMAN IS (…)
46
GENES ARE (…)
CHEMICAL INSTRUCTIONS
DNA IS A (…)
LONG LIST OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PUT AN ORGANISM TOGETHER AND MAKE IT WORK
ALL OF AN ORGANISM’S DNA MAKES UP THE (…)
ORGANISM’S GENOME
EACH SEPARATE GENE IN A DNA MOLECULE IS A CHEMICAL INSTRUCTION THZT CODES FOR (SAYS HOW TO MAKE) (…)
A PARTICULAR PROTEIN
PROTEINS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE…
THEY CONTROL MOST PROCESSES IN THE BODY AND THEY DETERMINE INHERITED CHAFRACTERISTICS (EG. EYE COLOUR, BLOOD TYPE)
THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME GENE ARE CALLED (…)
ALLELES
A DNA IS A (…)
DOUBLE HELIX (TWO SPIRALS)
A DNA IS A MOLECULE THAT HAS TWO STRANDS (…)
COILED TOGETHER IN THE SHAPE OF A DOUBLE HELIX
THE TWO STRANDS ARE HELD TOGETHER BY CHEMICALS CALLED (…)
BASES
