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BIOL 3301 Chapter 1 Set
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
04/21/2009

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anticodon
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The three-base sequence in tRNA complementary to a codon on mRNA. A nucleotide triplet in a tRNA molecule that aligns with a particular codon in mRNA under the influence of the ribosome, so that the amino acid carried by the tRNA is added to a growing protein chain.
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codon
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Section of RNA (3 nucleotide pairs) that encode a single amino acid.
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complementary bases
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basepairs
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DNA
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developmental noise
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forward genetics
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reverse genetics
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starts with known genetic changes and looks at the changes in the organism
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eukaryote
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all other cellular life made up of one or more cells with a nuclear membrane and cellular compartments
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prokaryote
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single-celled living organisms that have no nuclear membrane and lack intracellular compartments
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gene
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basic elements of the system of inherited information
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genetics
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the study of the diversity, replication, mutation, and translation of the information in the genes
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genome
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collection of all genes in an organism
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genotype
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phenotype
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haploid
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diploid
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mRNA
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protein
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transcription
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model organisms
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northern blot
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Southern blot
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western blot
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mutation
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transcript
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tRNA
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ribosome
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probing
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hybridization
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gel electrophoresis
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blotting
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virus
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translation
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genomics
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