Unit 7: DNA Vocab

the process of making a copy of DNA

• Gel electrophoresis

• DNA replication

• Genome

• Hox gene

enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins individual nucleotides to produce a DNA molecule

• DNA replication

• Exon

• Promoter

• DNA polymerase

the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA

• Transcription

• Translation

• RNA polymerase

• Nondisjunction

the template for protein synthesis

• rRNA

• tRNA

• mRNA

a specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid

• Genome

• Codon

• Mutation

• Replication

the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism

• Mutagen

• Karyotype

• Genome

• DNA

enzyme similar to DNA polymerase that binds to DNA and separates the DNA strands during transcription

• DNA polymerase

• RNA polymerase

• Gel electrophoresis

• Autosome

mutation in a change in a single nucleotide

• Frameshift mutation

• Polyploidy

• Nondisjunction

• Point mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

mutations that shift the frame of the genetic message so that the protein may not be able to perform its function, and is usually more serious than a substitution mutation

• Frameshift mutation

• Polyploidy

• Nondisjunction

• Point mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by replacing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical voltage to the gel.

• Replication

• Karyotype

• Gel electrophoresis

• Exon