Textbook Notes for BIOB11H3 at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Chapter 10 the nature of the gene and the genome. Genome: collective body of genetic information that is present in a species, contain all genes to mak

Chapter 11 gene expression: from transcription to translation. Archibald garrod 1908: people have rare inherited disease caused by enzymes alcaptonuria

Meiosis (greek-reduction): formation of production of haploid phase in life cycle, fertilization ensures diploid phase. Diploid g2 cells contain pairs

The nucleus contains chromosomes (condensed into chromatin = chromosomes + proteins), nucleoli, nucleoplasm, and nuclear matrix. The inner surface is b

Distinct factors of inheritance (genes/alleles) govern the characteristics of plants through dominant/recessive. Law of segregation: pair of alleles se

Watson and crick hypothesized that dna replication is semiconservative - but they also had to consider the conservative and dispersive modes of replica

A bilaterally symmetrical animal can be divided into mirror-image (left and right) halves by a single plane that passes through the midline of its body

Two major phases in cell cycle: m phase (mitosis + cytokinesis) and interphase (growth + preparation for dividing + other). Time between start of label