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During which stage of the cell cycle, does DNA replication take place?
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S Phase
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What is the pricess that starts the splitting of the 6-carbon sugar Glucose into 2,3-carbon sugars called?
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Respiration
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what is a chart that diagrams genetic relationships among parents and children across generations called?
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Pedigree Chart
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An individual that has two different alleles for the same trait (gene) is said to be...
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heterozygous
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The enzyme responsible for transcription is...?
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RNA polymerase
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Individuals cary 2 copies for every gene located on homologous chromosomes. These genes are called______________?
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Alleles
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RNA nucleotides contain the bases...?
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A,U,C,G
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What is the complementary sequence of mRNA for the following DNA?
TGGTAGGCCTAGAT |
ACCATCCGGATCTA
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Transfer TNA (tRNA) binds to codon sequences of mRNA molecules by complimentary base pairing of their...?
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anti-codons
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The flow of genetic information in cells from DNA to RNA to protein is called that...?
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central dogma
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The protein p27 is also called...?
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tumor suppressor
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A disease where regulation of the cell cycle goes awry and normal cell growth and behavior is lost is caled?
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Cancer
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The process of converting the information coded in mRNA into protein is called...?
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translation
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The molecule responsible for ringing the proper amino acid to the ribosome ( the site of protein synthesis) is...?
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messenger RNA (mRNA)
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What is the process following mitosis by which a cell pinches in half to form 2 identical cells?
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cytokinesis
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What is the overall summary equation for cellular respiration?
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CO2+H2O+energy-->O2
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Energy is transferred from one molecule to another via the transfer of electrons by redox reactions. The "red" in redox stands for reduction reaction which by definition is...?
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the loss of electrons
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the process of converting the info. coded in DNA into RNA is called...?
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Transcription
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The process of cell division that results in the production of haploid cells is called...?
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meiosis
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Regulation of gene expression occurs both ___________and__________.
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quickly, efficiently
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When during the cell cycle does the nucleus of the cell divide?
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M phase
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In almost all cells of most organisms, there exists 2 of each type of chromosome. These chromosome pairs are called...?
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sisters
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A cell that contains only one set of chromosomes (such as gametes) is refered to as
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haploid
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2 positive regulators (pushes the cell cycle forwar) of the cell-cycle are the proteins called...?
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cyclin dependent kinesis (cdks) and cyclins
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Malignant tumors are tumors that ______________?
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metastasize
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The most common treatment of all stages of many cancers that uses drugs to kill dividing cells is called________?
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chemotherapy
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The "ox" in redox stands for oxidation reaction which by definition is
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the gain of electrons
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The process of cellular respiration that breaks down food products into a high energy molecule that our bodies use called_____________?
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ATP
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The gene for brown eyes=B
The gene for blue eyes= b An individual with brown eyes has one gene for brown eyes and one gene for blue eyes. Therefore Bb is this person's...... |
genotype
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Brown eye color is a person's ..........
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phenotype
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Which of the following is not a type of cancer?
carcinoma hypercholesterolemia sarcoma leukemia |
hypercholesterolemia
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what is the main disadvantage to most current cancer therapies?
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lack of specificity
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The universal start codon codes for which amino acid?
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methionine
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A trait that requires 2 alleles be expressed in order to have a particular phenotype is called a _________ trait?
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recessive
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What is a codon?
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a sequence of 3 nucleotides
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