Choose an organism to use as an example.

Describe the organisms reproductive strategy:

discuss how this strategy is an adaptation for this organism:

I will go with sponges :)

Sponges reproduce asexually. The parent begins budding, when the buds grow to a certain point, they break off and drift with the oceans current to a new place, settle down into the sand or rocks, and start the cycle all over again. Since sponges are stationary organisms (meaning that they cannot travel on their own.) They rely on the oceans current to spread their species across the oceans.

step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.