21.5 Repetitive Sequences and Transposable Elements

Evolution

What is a change in one or more characteristics of a population from one generation to the next? Answer with a single words or term.

Natural selection

________ is a process in which certain individuals have greater reproductive success.

X Gal

What is used to confirm that the cells form colonies? Answer with a single words or term.

Hydrogen

________ bonding between sticky ends is promoted by it.

Plates

________ are used to double- check that the cells are resistant to ampicillin.

Gel electrophoresis

What is used to separate macromolecules? Answer with a single words or term.

Retrotransposons

________ can be inserted into a chromosomal site that has not yet replicated, if a TE is removed from a site that has already replicated.

Humans

What are largely responsible for their genes? Answer with a single words or term.

feature investigation

The ________ describes a pivotal experiment that provided insights into our understanding of evolution.

DdNTPs

What are used to determine the base sequence? Answer with a single words or term.

Transposase

________ goes to site B.

Structural features

________ change during the evolution of new species.

Intron DNA

________ makes up 25 % of the tandem array, and unique noncoding DNA makes up 15 %.

Gene duplication

________ can occur as a result of a b.

Retrotransposons

The cut- and- paste mechanism allows the transposons to move. ________ can be moved to new sites in the genome via a method that does not involve host cells.

Evolution

________ involves changes in genes.

retrotransposons

Some ________ have terminal repeats and genes that are needed in the transposition process.