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Erythrocytes -
Leukocytes -
Lymphocytes - White blood cells, responsible for acquired immunity recognition
Platelets -
Sex Linked Trait - From genes located on either sex chromosome, fathers pass on all alleles to daughters
but not sons. Moms can pass on to both.
Allele - Alternative versions of a gene
Transpiration - Evaporation of water through the stomata of a plant
Carrier - Heterozygotes don't have the disorder but they can give the recessive allele to offspring
Abiotic - Nonliving! Components of an ecosystem include: temperature, light, and wind.
Restriction Enzyme - Cellular enzymes that cuts DNA molecules at a limited number of specific locations
Prokaryote - Cells with DNA in region called the nucleoid (no membrane), no membraned organelles,
unicellular, usually have cell walls. Bacteria and archaea
Eukaryote - A type of cell with a membrane-enclosed nucleus and membrane-enclosed organelles.
Organisms with these cells include: protists, plants, fungi, and animals
, Action Potential - Triggered by stimulus that makes a depolarization that reaches the threshold. All-or-
none phenomenon
Mitosis - Division of the nucleos
Meiosis - Cell division that reduce the number of chromosomes from 2 to 1 in gametes, compensates for
doubling in fertilization
mRNA - Carries a genetic message from the DNA to protein-synthesizing machinery of the cell.
tRNA - Transfer! Interprets a genetic message (a series of codons along mRNA molecule) and builds a
polypeptide. Transfers amino acids from cytoplasmic pool to a ribosome
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid. A nucleic acid molecule, usually a double stranded helix. Discovered by
Watson and Crick. A-T and G-C
Isotonic - Equal concentration of solutes
Hypertoic - Higher concentration of solutes
Hypotonic - Lower concentration of solutes
Autosomal - 22 paired chromosomes
Photosynthesis - Process in which sun is converted to chemical energy stored in sugar and other organic
molecules.
Cellular respiration - Catabolic pathway, oxygen consumed as a reactant with the organic fuel
Crossing Over - Genetic rearrangement between non-sister chromatids
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