AP Biology Heredity Test Review Flashcards
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| 6619670685 | final result of mitosis in humans | genetically identical 2n somatic cells | 0 | |
| 6619718711 | kinetochore microtubules assist in the process of splitting centromeres by | creating tension and pulling toward opposite poles | 1 | |
| 6619732074 | a cleavage furrow | a groove in the plasma membrane between daughter nuclei | 2 | |
| 6619741814 | cyclin dependent kinase (cdk) is | enzyme that attaches phosphate groups to other proteins | 3 | |
| 6619752776 | If the M-phase checkpoint does NOT happen correctly then, | the cell would be stopped in metaphase | 4 | |
| 6619758272 | homologous chromosomes | carry information for the same traits | 5 | |
| 6619768115 | sexual reproduction | individuals transmit half their nuclear genes to each of their offspring | 6 | |
| 6619786808 | metaphase I |  | 7 | |
| 6619793587 | anaphase II |  | 8 | |
| 6619805669 | independent assortment | random way each pair of homologous chromosomes lines up at metaphase plate in meiosis I | 9 | |
| 6619817272 | natural selection is related to sexual reproduction | sexual reproduction results in many new gene combinations, some of which will lead to differential reproduction | 10 | |
| 6619853283 | monohybrid cross |  | 11 | |
| 6619855430 | dihybrid cross |  | 12 | |
| 6619863526 | pleiotropy | single allele to have multiple phenotypic effects | 13 | |
| 6619871649 | chromosome theory of inheritance | Mendelian genes are at specific loci on the chromosome and in turn, segregate during meiosis | 14 | |
| 6619887931 | Barr body | mammal females turn the extra X chromosome into a useless entity | 15 | |
| 6619897078 | one map unit | a 1% frequency of recombination between two genes | 16 | |
| 6619918844 | linked genes | genes that are generally inherited together | 17 | |
| 6619922688 | epistasis | phenotypic expression of one gene affects the expression of another gene | 18 | |
| 6619924629 | polygenic inheritance | a single phenotypic character is affected by two or more genes | 19 | |
| 6619931515 | codominace | both phenotypes expressed in heterozygous offspring | 20 | |
| 6619935218 | incomplete dominance | heterozygous phenotype intermediate between two homozygous phenotypes | 21 | |
| 6619950514 | prophase II |  | 22 | |
| 6619977841 | pedigree chart |  | 23 | |
| 6619989941 | MPF | M phase promoting factor, triggers cell's passage into the M phase | 24 | |
| 6620012425 | density dependent inhibition | phenomenon in which crowded cells stop dividing | 25 | |
| 6620015168 | anchorage dependence | for cells to divide they must be attached to a substratum | 26 |