BIOL 471 Exam (Correctly solved questions)

genes correct answers physical units of heredity alleles correct answers mutational versions of a gene transmission genetics correct answers aspect of genetics that reflects modern day mendellian genetics molecular genetics correct answers aspect of genetics that reflects the molecular elements of heredity population genetics correct answers aspect of genetics that reflects variation among populations Model organisms correct answers used in research due to ease of growth, short life, numerous offspring and straight forward genetic analysis genome correct answers all the dna in a cell chromosome correct answers a packaged version of one nucleic acid sequence chromatin correct answers DNA that is packaged around histones and other condensing proteins somatic cells correct answers these cells divide only by mitosis gametes correct answers the only cell products of meiosis sister chromatids correct answers duplicated chromosome that contains identical information and is connected by cohesin centromere correct answers location on the chromosome that connects sister chromatids mitosis correct answers the process by which cells replicate into two identical copies cytokinesis correct answers the cell membrane pinches into two cells after nuclear division has occurred meiosis correct answers the process that divides a cell through two phases into 4 haploid gametes cell cycle correct answers begins after cytokinesis, follows a cell through its life to the end of mitosis mitotic phase correct answers phases of a cell cycle that include prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis