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Introduction To Physical Anthropology > Units 3 & 4 > Flashcards

Units 3 & 4 Flashcards

Scientists & Vocabulary

1
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Gregor Mendel

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crossing pea plants, pure breeding to examine differences. Discovered dominant and recessive traits, disproved blended inheritance. Principles of segregation and independent assortment

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Thomas H. Morgan

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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)

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Kary Mullis

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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), 1993 Nobel Prize

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Hershey & Chase

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DNA is the hereditary material, 1969 Nobel Prize

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Oswald Avery

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DNA is the transforming principle

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Francis Crick

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  • 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
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James Watson

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DNA structure (double helix), 1962 Nobel Prize (along with Francis Crick)

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Frederick Sanger

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Human mitochondrion sequenced

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True-breeding

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a term used to describe organisms that produce offspring identical to themselves if allowed to self-pollinate

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Dominant

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An allele that is always expressed

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Meiosis

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Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms

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Gamete

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Sex cell

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Dihybrid cross

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A cross between two individuals, concentrating on two definable traits

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Chromosome

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A threadlike, gene-carrying structure is found in the nucleus. Each chromosome consists of one very long DNA molecule and associated proteins

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Somatic cell

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any cell of a living organism other than the reproductive cells (body cells)

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Replication

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Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA

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The cell cycle

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The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo

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Genome

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all of an organism’s genetic material

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Codon

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A specific sequence of three bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid

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rRNA

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ribosomal RNA; type of RNA that makes up part of the ribosome

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Sister chromatid

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a structure that contains identical DNA copies and is formed during DNA replication

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Mutation

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change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

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Recessive

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An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present

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Allele

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Different forms of a gene

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Zygote

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fertilized egg

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Regulatory gene

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A gene that codes for a protein, such as a repressor, that controls the transcription of another gene or group of genes

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Synapsis

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the pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis

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Eukaryote

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A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles

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Gene

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A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait

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Sex cell

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An egg or sperm cell (gamete); a sex cell carries half the number of chromosomes found in other body cells

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Diploid

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two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent

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Central Dogma

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a theory that states that, in cells, information only flows from DNA to RNA (transcription) to proteins (translation)

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Ribosome

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Cytoplasmic organelles at which proteins are synthesized

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Chromatin

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A substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones

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Mendelian trait

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a trait completely determined by a single gene

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F1 generation

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the first generation of offspring obtained from an experimental cross of two organisms

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Genotype

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the genetic makeup of an organism

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Homozygous

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Having two identical alleles for a particular gene/trait

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Mitosis

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cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

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Translation

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The process by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced

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Autosome

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Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome

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Reduction division

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another name for meiosis I, the division where homologous pairs separate

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Sex chromosome

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one of two chromosomes that determines an individual’s sex

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Haploid

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An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

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mRNA

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messenger RNA; type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome

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Amino acid

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Building blocks of protein

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DNA base

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Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)

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Blending inheritance

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n outdated, incorrect theory that the phenotype of an offspring is a blend of the parent’s phenotypes

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F2 generation

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Offspring resulting from the interbreeding of the hybrid F1 generation

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Phenotype

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An organism’s physical appearance, or visible traits

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Heterozygous

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An organism that has two different alleles for a trait

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Universal genetic code

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refers to the fact that particular codons specify the same amino acids in almost all organisms

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Transcription

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the process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA

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Complementary base pairing

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  • In DNA, T pairs with A and G pairs with C;

- In RNA, U pairs with A and G pairs with C

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Crossing over/Recombination

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when homologous chromosomes trade parts of chromosome arms

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Homologous

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the term used to refer to chromosomes that each has a corresponding chromosome from the opposite-sex parent

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Tetrad

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structure containing 4 chromatids that form during meiosis

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tRNA

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transfer RNA; type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome

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Cytoplasm

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A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are housed

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Homologous chromosomes

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Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure

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