Related Terms Flashcards
____ is the study of inherited traits and their variation.
Genetics
____ is the sum of all biological processes by which particular characteristics are transmitted from parents to their offspring.
Heredity
____ the units of heredity, which is the transmission of inherited traits.
Genes
Genes can be found on the ____.
nucleic acid (DNA)
____ is a molecule whose funcion is to store and transfer genetic information.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
____ is a long, ladder-like macromolecule that twists to form double helix.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
____ is an important molecule in protein synthesis.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Both DNA and RNA are polymers of repeating structures called ____.
nucleotides
____ is the directional flow of information.
Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
____ involves rewriting or transcribing the DNA sequence in a similar RNA “alphabet”.
Transcription
In transcription, the DNA sequence of a gene is copied to make ____.
mRNA molecule
The ____ acts as a template for the synthesis of a matching complementary RNA strand.
Non-coding strand
____ functions in the synthesis of matching complementary RNA strand.
RNA polymerase
____ is the primary transcript, which carries the same sequence information as the non-transcribed strand of the DNA.
RNA strand (coding strand)
