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Biology: Unit 1

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Key Area 1: Structure Of DNA
Name the basic unit of a dna mole...,
What is the genotype of an indivi...,
What is he basic unit of a dna mo...
10  cards
Key Area 1: Organisation Of DNA
Define the term prokaryote,
Define the term eukaryote,
What are the two forms a double s...
9  cards
Key Area 2: Replication Of DNA
What two enzymes control dna repl...,
What is needed by dna polymerase ...,
What is the order of stages in dn...
5  cards
Key Area 2: Polymerase Chain Reaction
What is polymerase chain reaction,
What temperature is the strand he...,
Why is the strand heated to 95 de...
9  cards
Key Area 3: Proteins
What is the phenotype of an indiv...,
Name the bond that holds amino ac...,
What is a strand of amino acids c...
4  cards
Key Area 3: Structure And Function Of RNA
What is the sugar present in dna,
What is the sugar present in rna,
How many strands are there in dna
10  cards
Key Area 3: Transcription
What is a codon,
What is an anti codon,
What is the purpose of rna polyme...
4  cards
Key Area 3: RNA Splicing
What is an intron,
What is an exon,
What happens to introns during tr...
4  cards
Key Area 3: Translation
What do the codons do on the mrna...,
Where does translation occur,
What happens in translation
6  cards
Key Area 3: One Gene, Many Proteins
What two processes lead to differ...,
What is alternative rna splicing,
What can happen to a polypeptide ...
3  cards
Key Area 4: Meristems and Stem Cells
What is differentiation,
How does gene expression result i...,
Where s the unspecialised cell pr...
14  cards
Key Area 5: Structure of Genome
What is a genome,
What is a gene,
What is the function of these cod...
4  cards
Key Area 6: Gene Mutations
What is a mutation,
What is a gene mutation,
What are the three point mutations
8  cards
Key Area 7: Inheritance
What is evolution,
What are the two types of gene tr...,
Describe vertical gene transfer
5  cards
Key Area 7: Selection
What is natural selection,
What is sexual selection,
Are natural and sexual selection ...
7  cards
Key Area 7: Genetic Drift
What is genetic drift,
What are the three main causes of...,
Describe the effect population si...
5  cards
Key Area 7: Speciation
What is a species,
What is speciation,
What are the three factors contri...
10  cards
Key Area 8: Personal Genomics
How can analysis genomes be used ...,
What is personalised medicine,
What are the difficulties of pers...
3  cards
Key Area 8: Genomic Sequencing
What is genomic sequencing,
What is the name of the enzyme th...,
What is bioinformatics
15  cards

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