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62 Cards in this Set
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DNA Stands For...
RNA Stands For... |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Ribonucleic Acid |
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Gene Pool
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all of the genes in a population at any given time
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Ovary
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-main sex organ
-oogenesis -lifetime supply of eggs -production of 2 hormones |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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"Tunnel"
-two types 1. Rough 2. Smooth -synthensizes and transports proteins |
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Progesterone
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pregnancy hormone
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone
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FHS
makes a follicle in the ovary mature |
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Lutenizing Hormone
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causes rupture of follicle
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Protein
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Geneotype
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genetic make-up
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Heredity
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the transmission of traits from parent to offspring
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Chromosomes
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one line of DNA
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Nucleus
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"Control Center"
"Brain of Cell -controls everything happening inside the cell -has chromasomes-genetic material |
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Plasma Membraine
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"Gate Keeper"
lets nutrients in and out selective (semioermeable) |
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Mitochindia
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"Mighty Mitochondris"
-makes ATP-energy!! |
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Lysosmes
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"Garbarge Disposer"
-enzymes digest (breaks down) waste |
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Phenotype
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what you see in a person
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Dominant
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same genes exert their full effect no matter what
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Vacuole
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"closet"
-stores food and water -larger in plants than animals |
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Vestigial Structure
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a structure that seems to have no function but Probably did at sometime
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Recessive
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some genes are "masked" or hidden
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Allele
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differnent for of the same gene
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Estrogen
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Female Hormone
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Fallopian Tube
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"oviduct" "uterine tube"
-leads eggs to uterus -egg and sperm meet here |
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Oogenesis
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the making of an egg
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Homozygous
(pure) |
two of the same alleles
(BB, bb) |
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Evolution
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a change over a period of time
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Testostrome
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male hormone
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Heterozygous
(Hybrid) |
two different alleles
(Bb) |
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Uterus
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-size and shape of a pear
-potenial to increase in size -double lining 1. myometrium-muscle 2. Endometrium-blood vessels |
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Epididymus
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just outside testicle
20feet long sperm matures here |
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Seminiferous Tubules
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700 feet long
spermatogenesis |
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Cell Wall
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-only in plants
-made up of "crunchy" cellulose |
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Chlorplasts
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Phtosynthesis
-only in plants -contains chlorophill (green pigment) to absorb sunlight |
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Testes
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-main sex organ
-located outside the body -produces sperm |
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Vas Deference
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semen is add to the sperm a long this 45 foot tube
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Prostate Gland
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Fluid that neutralizes the acidic environment of the vagina
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Theory
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a hypothesis that has been proved more than once
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Scotum
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provides a tempeture of about three degrees coller than body
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Bulbourthral Gland
-OR- Cowper's Gland |
-lubercates penis
-cleans the acidic urine -first to pass through urthrea |
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Seminal Vessicle
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Fluid that...
-regulates Ph of semen -is energy rich -stimulates musscle contractions in females |
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Cell
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The basic unit of life
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Spermatogenesis
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the making of sperm
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Comparitive Anatomy
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-similarites in anatomy suggest a common ancestor
1. homologous 2. Analogous |
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Ribosomes
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-makes proteins
-found in two places 1. by thenselves 2. attavhed to endoplasic reticulum |
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Homologous Structure
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Same structure, different function
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Golgo Complex
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"Mail Room"
-Packages and transports cellular products to the plasma membraine |
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Mutations
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Comparitive Cytology
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-all living things are made up of cells
-all cells have similar organs |
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Adaptations
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Three Types:
1. Structual 2. Functional 3. Behavioral |
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Fossils
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remains of a once living organism
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Comparative Biochemesrty
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-DNA, proteins, enzymes, RNA
-species that have biochemical similarities |
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Comparitive Embryology
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closely related organism, go through similar stages in their embryonic development
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DNA is located in the _______ of the cell.
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Nucleus
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"U" stands for
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Uracil
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Analogous Structure
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Same function, different function
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"T" stands for
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Thymine
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"A" stands for
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Adenine
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"G" stands for
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Guanine
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"C" stands for
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Cytosine
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Cytology
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the study of cells
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Codon
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threee letter message
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Nucleolus
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-found inside the nucleus
-synthesizes ribosomes |