DNA Vocabulary
Define the following terms:
Virulent
Transformation
Bacteriophage
Nucleotide
Nitrogenous Base
Pyrimidine
Complementary Base Pair
Deoxyribose
Purine
Base Pairing Rules
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DNA Questions
1. The virulent strain of the bacterium S. pneumoniae causes disease because it
a. has a capsule. b. lacks a capsule. c. undergoes transformation. d. does not undergo transformation.
2. Oswald Avery and his colleagues showed that the transforming agent in Griffith’s experiment was
a. RNA. b. Protein. c. DNA. d. an enzyme.
3. Hershey’s and Chase’s experiment led to [...]
Blogs Nov. 20th
1. List five facts about Gregor Mendel. 2. List five facts about your genetic disorder presented to the class. 3. What was one of the favorite genetic disorders you learned about today. 4. What do you know about DNA? 5. How do you feel about stem research?
Questions Due Saturday November 20th
1. Molecules move from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration through the process of
a. osmosis b. diffusion c. passive transport d. active transport
2. Which statement describes a cell after it has been placed in a sugar solution?
a. it is larger because sugar entered the cell by diffusion.
b. It is larger because water [...]
Genetics Blogs
1. In gray squirrels, the gene for white fur is recessive (a), and gray fur is dominant. What is the chance of producing a white fur squirrel if a heterozygous and a homozygous recessive is crossed?
2. Explain the Law of Segregation.
3. Explain the Principle of Independent Assortment.
4. Explain the Principle of Dominance.
5. What is the difference [...]
Gentics Questions 11/11
1. Crossing a purebred, purple flowered plant with a purebred, white-flowered plant is symbolized by which of the genetic crosses?
a. Ff x ff b. FF x ff c. Ff x Ff d. FF x FF
2. What is the genotypic ratio when you cross FF x Ff?
3. What is the phenotypic ratio when you cross a [...]
Vocabulary Genetics
genotype, phenotype, homozygous, heterozygous, monohybrid cross, complete dominance, incomplete dominance, codominance, dihybrid cross
Genetics Blogs Nov. 5th
1. Describe what a true-breeding plant is.
2. What is the difference between genes and alleles?
3. How did Mendel’s first generation differ from the second generation?
4. Many inherited disorders appear in children of parents who do not have the disorder. How can you explain this?
5. During meiosis, what allows genes located on the same chromosome to [...]
Genetics Questions Nov. 4th
1. What are different versions of a gene for the same trait called? a. phenotype b. alleles c. purebreds d. homozygous
2. Which of the following describes a phenotype? a. Gg b. homozygous c. having freckles d. heterozygous
3. Which of the following describes an organism in which two alleles for a trait are different? a. heterozygous [...]
Genetics Vocabulary Nov. 3
1. genetics 2. heredity 3. trait 4. pollination 5. self-pollination 6. cross pollination 7. true-breeding 8. P generation 9. F1 Generation 10. F2 generation 11. dominant 12. recessive 13. law of segregation 14. law of independent assortment 15. molecular genetics 16. allele
