Cellular Reproduction Answers
Chapter 8: Cellular Reproduction – Cells from Cells
1. What are the three important roles of cell division?
2. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction.
3. Distinguish between the terms: DNA, gene, chromosome, replicated chromosome, sister chromatid and centromere.
4. What are the two phases of the cell cycle? What are the three stages of interphase?
5. Mitosis is the division of the ______, while cytokinesis is the division of the ______.
6. Describe the appearance and the location of the chromosomes during the four stages of mitotic cell division, as pictured in Figure 8.7.
7. How is cytokinesis different between animals and plants?
8. What is cancer? Distinguish between the terms: tumor, malignancy and …show more content…
What is meant by the term multiple alleles? What is the definition of codominance?
11. How are the ABO blood groups determined? What are the various genotypes and phenotypes? Be able to work out inheritance problems involving these various groups. For example, questions 36-39 in the Post Test of Chapter 9 on Blackboard.
12. In blood donations, blood type ___ is considered the universal donor, while type ___ is considered the universal recipient.
13. Distinguish between pleiotropy and polygenic inheritance. (Just know the definition. You will not be required to solve problems in this case.)
14. The chromosome theory of inheritance states that ….
15. What are sex-linked genes? Be able to work out problems like numbers 34-40 in the Activities Quiz of Chapter 9 on Blackboard.
Chapter 10: The Structure and Function of DNA
1. What three parts does every nucleotide have? What are the four bases in DNA?
2. List the three main differences between DNA and RNA.
3. Describe the structure of the DNA double helix, making use of the following terms or phrases: sugar-phosphate backbone, nitrogenous bases, helix, and complementary base-pairing. What type of chemical interaction holds the strands of a DNA molecule …show more content…
A population is ….
2. Describe the theory proposed by Lamarck to explain how species evolved.
3. What two main points did Darwin propose in his Origin of Species?
4. The textbook presents five lines of evidence in support of evolution. List them.
5. Define fossils. What is the fossil record?
6. What is biogeography? What is the difference between marsupial and placental mammals, and where are they found?
7. What are homologous structures? What are vestigial structures?
8. Using molecular biology techniques, the evolutionary relationships among species can be determined by comparing ______ and ______ of different organisms.
9. Darwin based his theory of natural selection on which two key observations? What was his inescapable conclusion regarding these observations?
10. The textbook emphasizes three key but subtle points about evolution by natural selection:
1) It is ________, and not individuals, that evolve
2) Natural selection can amplify or diminish only ________ traits
3) Evolution is not __________: it does not lead to perfectly adapted organisms This is because ________ factors vary from time to time and place to
1. What are the three important roles of cell division?
2. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction.
3. Distinguish between the terms: DNA, gene, chromosome, replicated chromosome, sister chromatid and centromere.
4. What are the two phases of the cell cycle? What are the three stages of interphase?
5. Mitosis is the division of the ______, while cytokinesis is the division of the ______.
6. Describe the appearance and the location of the chromosomes during the four stages of mitotic cell division, as pictured in Figure 8.7.
7. How is cytokinesis different between animals and plants?
8. What is cancer? Distinguish between the terms: tumor, malignancy and …show more content…
What is meant by the term multiple alleles? What is the definition of codominance?
11. How are the ABO blood groups determined? What are the various genotypes and phenotypes? Be able to work out inheritance problems involving these various groups. For example, questions 36-39 in the Post Test of Chapter 9 on Blackboard.
12. In blood donations, blood type ___ is considered the universal donor, while type ___ is considered the universal recipient.
13. Distinguish between pleiotropy and polygenic inheritance. (Just know the definition. You will not be required to solve problems in this case.)
14. The chromosome theory of inheritance states that ….
15. What are sex-linked genes? Be able to work out problems like numbers 34-40 in the Activities Quiz of Chapter 9 on Blackboard.
Chapter 10: The Structure and Function of DNA
1. What three parts does every nucleotide have? What are the four bases in DNA?
2. List the three main differences between DNA and RNA.
3. Describe the structure of the DNA double helix, making use of the following terms or phrases: sugar-phosphate backbone, nitrogenous bases, helix, and complementary base-pairing. What type of chemical interaction holds the strands of a DNA molecule …show more content…
A population is ….
2. Describe the theory proposed by Lamarck to explain how species evolved.
3. What two main points did Darwin propose in his Origin of Species?
4. The textbook presents five lines of evidence in support of evolution. List them.
5. Define fossils. What is the fossil record?
6. What is biogeography? What is the difference between marsupial and placental mammals, and where are they found?
7. What are homologous structures? What are vestigial structures?
8. Using molecular biology techniques, the evolutionary relationships among species can be determined by comparing ______ and ______ of different organisms.
9. Darwin based his theory of natural selection on which two key observations? What was his inescapable conclusion regarding these observations?
10. The textbook emphasizes three key but subtle points about evolution by natural selection:
1) It is ________, and not individuals, that evolve
2) Natural selection can amplify or diminish only ________ traits
3) Evolution is not __________: it does not lead to perfectly adapted organisms This is because ________ factors vary from time to time and place to