Study Guide for Biology 101 Test 4 –

Ch. 10 - "Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction"

Understand the stages in meiosis

Understand the process of synapsis and crossing over

Know terms: gamete, homologous pair, tetrad, bivalent, chiasmata

Know how mitosis & meiosis differ

Review Fig. 10.1 10.2, 10.4, 10.5, 10.7, 10.8

 

Ch. 11 - "Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance”

Understand monohybrid & dihybrid crosses, Know Mendel's 2 Laws

Know terms: homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, allele phenotype, genotype; Know how to set up a Punnett Square

Understand monohybrid and dihybrid testcrosses

Review Fig.  11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8

 

Ch.12 - "Chromosomes and Genes"

Know examples of incomplete dominance, codominance, pleiotropy, epistasis, polygenic inheritance, dominance modification, parental imprinting, multiple alleles; Know: autosomes, sex chromosomes, sex-linked genes, linked genes; Understand polyploid, monsomy, trisomy, nondisjunction; Understand Morgans crosses with flies and eye color; Know the general trends of sex-linked traits

Review Fig. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5, 12.6, 12.8, 12.10

 

Ch. 13 - "Human Genetics"

Understand karyotypes, pedigree charts

Understand the general trends in the inheritance of autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant and X-linked recessive traits

Know how blood type is used in paternity suits

Review Fig.  13.1, 13.2, 13.5, 13.6, 13.9, 13.10, 13.11, 13.13

 

Ch. 14 - "DNA: The Genetic Material"

Know what a bacteriophage is, Know Chargaff's Rules, Watson and Crick, the DNA structure; Understand how DNA replicates; Know why its semi conservative; Review Fig. 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.7 

 

Ch. 15 - "Gene Activity"

Understand transcription, translation, codons, anticodons

Know the function of genes, mRNA, rRNA, tRNA, ribosomes

Know what causes mutations;

Review Fig. 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.8, 15.10! 15.11!

 

Essay Questions: 1. Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis. You must explain at least 5 points and give me a detailed discussion.

2. Describe transcription and translation and explain all the steps in going from a gene on DNA to a protein in the cytoplasm. Be sure to explain how DNA, mRNA, codons, ribosomes, tRNA, anticodons and amino acids play a part.