General Biology Exam 3 Prep

What Determines the specific order of amino acids in a polypeptide to a protein?

The DNA nucleotide sequence of a gene within a chromosome

What is a gene

Region of a chromosome associated with specific chromosomes and has a set order with in chromosomes,

How many chromosomes are there

23 different type when paired. But there is a total of 46

What are homologous pairs

they share the same length, same centromere location. What differs is the alleles of that gene

What is an allele

a variation in a genes nucleotide sequence leading to a variation in the protein made that leads to a variation of trait

Defining a gene

gene DNA codes for the specific order of amino acids in a polypeptide which is located within chromosomes.