Units 3 & 4 Flashcards
Scientists & Vocabulary
Gregor Mendel
crossing pea plants, pure breeding to examine differences. Discovered dominant and recessive traits, disproved blended inheritance. Principles of segregation and independent assortment
Thomas H. Morgan
observed crossover during meiosis concluded that “genes” are on chromosomes. He proposed the “beads on a string “ model. (explains how traits are passed on to the next generation)
Kary Mullis
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), 1993 Nobel Prize
Hershey & Chase
DNA is the hereditary material, 1969 Nobel Prize
Oswald Avery
DNA is the transforming principle
Francis Crick
- recognized that although the DNA molecule had only four “letters,” it must code for the 20 amino acids that made up proteins. Concluded that the code for an amino acid must contain three bases, or triplets (codons)
- The Central Dogma
James Watson
DNA structure (double helix), 1962 Nobel Prize (along with Francis Crick)
Frederick Sanger
Human mitochondrion sequenced
True-breeding
a term used to describe organisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-pollinate
Dominant
An allele that is always expressed
Meiosis
Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms
Gamete
Sex cell
Dihybrid cross
A cross between two individuals, concentrating on two definable traits
Chromosome
A threadlike, gene-carrying structure is found in the nucleus. Each chromosome consists of one very long DNA molecule and associated proteins
Somatic cell
any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cells (body cells)
Replication
Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA
The cell cycle
The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo
Genome
all of an organism’s genetic material
Codon
A specific sequence of three bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid
rRNA
ribosomal RNA; type of RNA that makes up part of the ribosome
Sister chromatid
a structure that contains identical DNA copies and is formed during DNA replication
Mutation
change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
Recessive
An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present
Allele
Different forms of a gene