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G1 gap phase

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The first growth phase of the cell cycle after mitosis and before S phase.

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S Phase
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The period of interphase in which DNA is replicated.

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G2 Phase
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The second growth phase that follows S phase and precedes mitosis.

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4X as much
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How much genetic material is present in a cell during meiosis prophase I compared with a cell that just completed meiosis?
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S-Phase
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When a cell divides, genetic material is duplicated during?
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32
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Starting with a fertilized egg, a series of five cell divisions would produce an embryo with how many cells?
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Alternate forms of a gene.
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 What are alelles?
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1:2:1
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What is the expected genotypic ratio of seed color for the offspring of an F1 x F1 cross?
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AA x aa
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Which of these crosses will only produce heterozygous offspring?
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Incomplete dominance
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An individual with curly hair & an individual with straight hair mate & all of the offspring have wavy hair. What is the relationship between the alleles for hair texture?
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True Breeding
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A plant with purple flowers is allowed to self-pollinate..it always producing purple flowers is an example of..
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Eye color
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A karyotype would be unable to determine…
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HT
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A sexually reproducing animal has 2 unlinked genes; one for head shape & one for tail length. Its genotype is HhTt. Which of the following is possible in a gamete from this organism?
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All of the genes controlling the traits behaved as if they were on different chromosomes.
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 The fact that all 7 of the pea plant traits studied by Mendel obeyed the Principle of Independent Assortment means that…
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100%
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In snapdragons, heterozygotes have pink flowers, whereas homozygotes have red or white. What proportion will be pink when red & white are mixed?
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Telomere
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What nuclear structure serves as a biological clock for cellular aging?
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A repeating sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate pattern.
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The backbone of DNA consists of…
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Thymine, Cytosine
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In a DNA double-helix, adenine pairs with ______, guanine pairs with ______.
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Each new DNA double-helix contains 1 new & 1 old strand.
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After replication...
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Transcription
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The transfer of genetic information from DNA to RNA is called…
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Short RNA fragments hybridize with mRNA and stimulate message degradation.
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How does RNAi exert its effects on gene expression?
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An operon
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In prokaryotes, a group of genes with relation functions along with their associated control sequences define…
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Prevents lactose from utilizing enzymes.
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The lac operon in e. coli..
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Alternative RNA splicing
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What permits a gene to code for more than one polypeptide?
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One or more somatic mutations must occur at each stage.
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The development of colorectal cancer occurs in stages because…
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It results in a DNA strand that lacks introns.
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The advantage of using reverse transcriptase to prepare a gene for cloning is..
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Colorectal
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The 2nd most deadly cancer in the US (both men & women) is…
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To stop the bleeding by forming blood clots
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What is the primary role of blood platelets?
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Antigen
Definition
What stimulates the production of antibodies that they might bind to a foreign substance?
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Infectious protiens
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Prion diseases are caused by…
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blue granules, histamines
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The Basophil cells (___) release inflammatory factors (___) that enhance allergic reactions.
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Many viruses are able to rapidly change their surface antigens.
Definition
Joe had a flu shot two years ago, but not this year. He got the flu. Why wasn’t he immune for more than one year?
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Because the cells bind to & inhibit the tumor suppressor genes.
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Why does HPV cause cervical cancer?
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Skeletal Muscle
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What type of tissue is this? (striated)
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Nerve.
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What type of tissue is this? (long cords bound together)
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 Tube-dwelling anenome.
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Which has radial-symmetry?
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 Healthy genes into the cells that lack them.
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 Gene therapy includes introducing..
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Species are fixed (permanent), they do not evolve.
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What did Aristotle believe?
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 They may still be endangered, because there is little gene variation.
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 Certain whale species have been hunted to near extinction, but since then the sizes have expanded. Which is true?
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 Plasmodium protists.
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Which parasitic infection is a leading cause of death worldwide?
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 Circular chromosomes.
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What are found in bacterial, but not eukaryotic cells?
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Simple Diffusion
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Gas exchange in sponges is by…
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Medusa
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Dispersive (mobile) stage of the cnidarium life cycle is…
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 Scyphozoan.
Definition
You see a round, white translucent mass “bobbing” on the ocean’s surface..what is it?
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Scolex
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 Tapeworms attach to digestive lining by…
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 Ascaris L.
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The parasitic roundworm that affects 25% of the population is..?
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 5'3
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Transcription of DNA proceeds in which direction?
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Testosterone Receptor
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Which is not a cell surface receptor?
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The dod idn ote at
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" The dog did not eat " which would be a frame shift mutation?
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EXONS
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The coding regions of a gene (in a polypeptide sequence) are called
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 A gene involved in a precancer developement.
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What is a photo-oncogene?
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supress photo-oncogene expressed in normal tissues.
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Which is NOT a function of a tumor supressor gene?
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Repetitive short sequences of DNA found at the end of each chromosomes.
Definition
What are telomeres?
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Cappillaries
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The exchange of gases between interestrial fluid and the blood occurrs in the
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erythocytes.
Definition
The most numerous blood-cell is
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Histamine
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Which is secreted by IgE immune complex with activate basophils and tissue mass cells causing an allergetic response?
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transports O2 from the lungs to tissues
Definition
The little cells (in picture)..
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the phagocytic white cell that appears first at sites of infection or tissue injury.
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The big cell with 3-chunks in the middle
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Tube Dwelling Anemone.
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Embyonic Stem cells are called pluripotent because each cell is capable of developing into
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Wallace
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Who developed a theory nearly identicle to Darwins?
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Bottle-Neck Effect
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Genetic drift resulting from disaster that drastically reduces pupulation is
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 Cyanobacteria
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What resembled chloroplasts in stem cells?
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