Final exams: 11/27 Flashcards
t/f: can social behavior influence epigenetic behavior
yes
can epigenetic modifications cause inherited genetic changes?
yes
environmental and social stress can create epigenetic ___ that affect an organisms genes
markers
a ___ is a single strand of DNA that has 5’ and 3’ ends and includes a promoter region on the coding strand and a template strand on the opposite side
gene
a gene is a single strand of DNA that has 5’ and 3’ ends and includes a ___ region on the coding strand and a template strand on the opposite side
promoter
a gene starts with a ___ region and ends with a __ region
promoter, termination
the ___ region can be problematic in synthesis and transcription
terminator
do prokaryotes have introns and exons?
no
gene differences exists between eukaryotes and prokaryotes with respect to ___ and ___
replication, transcription
transcription and translation both occur in the __
nucleus
__ ___ reads the bases until the termination site, creating a primary RNA transcript
RNA polymerase
exons are much __ (smaller/larger) than introns
smaller
the start and stop __ are important in translation with respect to ___
codons, ribosomes
do codons have a role in transcription
no
are all parts of a gene used in creating a polypeptide
no
