CMB 311 Study Guide - Lycopene, Photosystem I, Carotene

Common photosynthetic pigments such as Beta Carotene, Xanthophylls, Chlorophyll a, and Chlorophyll b are found in spinach leaves. Specify their specific functions. Which are antenna pigments? Name the specific found at the reaction center complex?

Alternative versions of a gene are called alleles.

True

False

If a white-eyed male fruit fly is crossed with a homozygous red-eyed female, only their sons can have white eyes.

True

False

Which of the following is not an accessory pigment for photosynthesis?

Which of the following is not an RNA base?

Height is a polygenic trait.

True

False

In cytokinesis, animal cells divide the cytoplasm by a cell plate.

True

False

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Only certain wavelengths of light can penetrate past certain depths of water. would you expect the same proportions of the different pigment molecules (i.e. Chlorophyll, carotenoids) between land and aquatic plants? Explain.