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Chapter 2 and 3 Terminology

Across
Embryonic cells that have not differentiated into a specific cell type
A single diploid cell formed from fertilization that is capable of developing into a multicelled embryo
The process by which an embryonic cell leaves the pluripotent stage and acquires the maturational features and functions of a specific cell type.
Mutations that occur after birth in general body cells (Two words)
Information on the presence of external events that inform the cell of a need for cell division is sent to the cell’s nucleus through a process known as _______ (Two words)
Proteins that enter a cell nucleus and regulate transcription for a specific gene or set of genes (Two words)
Cell division occurring over several steps involved in the creation of new person.
The expansion of the size of each individual cell rather than by generating new cells to increase the number of cells
The conversion of diploid germ cells into haploid gametes that are capable of uniting at conception to start a new person. It represents a specific type of cell differentiation and maturation.
substitutions of one base for another and can occur in DNA or RNA (Two words)
The process of forming oocytes from precursor germ cells
Small, noncoding piece of RNA that regulates gene expression at the RNA level
Down
RNA base sequence of three nucleotide bases containing the complementary code to each amino acid’s DNA triplet.
The process of using a mature mRNA molecule as the directions for placing amino acids in the correct sequence to synthesize a protein
Used in place of thymine during transcription
disruptions of the DNA reading frame from having one base or a number of bases that are not multiples of three added or deleted (Two words)
Embryonic ells that have unlimited potential for differentiation (Two words)
The process of making a strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA)
A process of programmed cell death or cellular suicide
Mitotic cell growth in which the tissue or organ increases in size by increasing the number of cells within it
The tRNA complementary code for an amino acid codon.
Molecule composed of one or more long chains of amino acids occurring in a specific sequence or order
An alteration in the base sequence of DNA or RNA