Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Ales Hrdlieka
|
anthropologist worked for american museum of natural history visited the hopi villages of black mesa and discovered 11 albino
|
|
|
albinism effects what?
|
melanin production
|
|
|
what expanded food production?
|
green revolution
|
|
|
what is gene therapy
|
direct altercation of genes to treat human diseases
|
|
|
what is evolution
|
genetic change taking place through time
|
|
|
how does tissues and organs develop
|
through the regulated expression of genes
|
|
|
adaptation
|
organisms are suited to the environment in which they found
|
|
|
genome
|
A complete set of genetic instructions for any organism and all encoded as DNA or RNA
|
|
|
genetic variation is the foundation of what?
|
all evolutionary change and is the basis of life
|
|
|
what are the 3 major subdisciplines
|
transmission genetics
molecular genetics population genetics |
|
|
what does transmission genetics do?
|
includes the basic principles of hereditary and how traits are passed from one generation to the next
|
|
|
molecular genetics includes what?
|
replication, transcription, and translation, gene regulation, gene, structure, organization, and function
|
|
|
what does population genetics explore?
|
genetic composition of groups of indiviidual members of the same species. (study evolution)
|
|
|
what does pangenesis do?
|
carry info from various parts of the body to the reproductive organs which are passed to the embryo at the time of conception
|
|
|
what cell theory say?
|
that all life is composed of cells
|
|
|
describe prokayotic cells
|
do NOT have a cell membrane
|
|
|
describe eukaryotic cells
|
DO have a cell membrane
|
|
|
what is the fundamental unit of heredity?
|
genes
|
|
|
what are alleles?
|
multiple forms of genes
|
