Genetics

Question 1

gene

Answer 1

is a sequence of DNA that codes for a single genetic instruction

Question 2

Reproduction

Answer 2

involves duplication and transmission of an organisms genetic material.

Question 3

Genetic material

Answer 3

Every living thing is organized via coded information

Question 4

Genetics is

Answer 4

the study of the process by which information is transmitted from one generation of living things to the next.

Question 5

allele

Answer 5

is ONE variant of a gene

Question 6

Prokaryotes

Answer 6

is a single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles

Question 7

Prokaryotes has

Answer 7

a much smaller genome than a typical eukaryote

it is in the form of a simple loop of DNA (attached to the cell membrane)

Stretched out, 500 times linger than the cell itself

do not have sexual reproduction

they have several forms of gene exchange

Question 8

various genes has

Answer 8

about 1200 in a typical bacterium, are arranged along the length of the chromosome