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the female part of the plant
pistil
mal part of the plant which contains pollen, which contains sperm
anther
where on the plant can you find pollen
anther
this kind of flower has a large ______
anther
used pea plants in his experiments
mendel
mendel picked to use _____ plants because they are easy and you can control their reproduction; short life cycle; male and female parts
pea
mendel controlled pea plant experiments by ______
removing the pollen on the male part and putting it on the female part
how many alleles control one trait
2
list mendel's 7 traits that were in 2 forms
seed color

seed shape

pod color

pod shape

flower color

flower position

stem length
the alternate form of a gene; genes can occur in different forms
alleles
portions of a DNA molecule
genes
Mendel Vocab:

children; next generation of plant or human
progeny
Mendel Vocab:

progeny that result from a cross between two parental organisms
F1 generation (first filial generation)
Mendel Vocab:

a cross between 2 members of the F1 generation results in the _____ (F1xF1 ---> ____)
F2 generation (second filial generation)
Mendel Vocab:

characteristics that appear and can be seen in the F1
dominant traits
Mendel Vocab:

characteristics that "disappear" and cannot be seen in the F1
recessive
Mendel Vocab:

genes present in an organism; i.e. BB, Bb, bb
genotype
Mendel Vocab:

"appearance" of an organism; i.e. color, size, shape
phenotype
true or false:

two parents with brown eyes can have one with blue eyes b/c they have been carrying the recessive gene for generations
true
Mendels Conclusions:

parents transmit info about inheritable traits via "factors" or _____
genes
Mendels Conclusions:

______ organisms have two alleles/genes/trait each being carried on one member of a _____ _____ of chromosomes
diploid; homologous pair
Mendels Conclusions:

alternate forms of genes are called _______
alleles
almost all normal traits are ______ (like one nose, 2 eyes, 2 ears)
recessive
Mendels Conclusions:

homologous chromosomes carry the same gene (allele) which is ________ recessive or dominant (i.e. AA, aa)
homozygous
Mendels Conclusions:

homologous chromosomes each carry a different gene (allele) i.e. Aa
heterozygous
Mendels Conclusions:

_______ are particulate entities and they don't mix
alleles
Mendels Conclusions:

a diploid individual receives ____ allele from 1 parent and ____ allele from the other
1
Mendels Conclusions:

When ______ are formed during meiosis each allele has an equal chance of ending up in any of the 4 haploid nuclei
gametes
Mendel Vocab:

characteristics that "disappear" and cannot be seen in the F1
recessive
Mendel Vocab:

genes present in an organism; i.e. BB, Bb, bb
genotype
Mendel Vocab:

"appearance" of an organism; i.e. color, size, shape
phenotype
true or false:

two parents with brown eyes can have one with blue eyes b/c they have been carrying the recessive gene for generations
true
Mendels Conclusions:

parents transmit info about inheritable traits via "factors" or _____
genes
Mendels Conclusions:

______ organisms have two alleles/genes/trait each being carried on one member of a _____ _____ of chromosomes
diploid; homologous pair
Mendels Conclusions:

alternate forms of genes are called _______
alleles
almost all normal traits are ______ (like one nose, 2 eyes, 2 ears)
recessive
Mendels Conclusions:

homologous chromosomes carry the same gene (allele) which is ________ recessive or dominant (i.e. AA, aa)
homozygous
Mendels Conclusions:

homologous chromosomes each carry a different gene (allele) i.e. Aa
heterozygous
Mendels Conclusions:

_______ are particulate entities and they don't mix
alleles
Mendels Conclusions:

a diploid individual receives ____ allele from 1 parent and ____ allele from the other
1
Mendels Conclusions:

When ______ are formed during meiosis each allele has an equal chance of ending up in any of the 4 haploid nuclei
gametes
Mendelian Rules:

when present ______ alleles are ALWAYS EXPRESSED
dominant
a cross between 2 individuals involving a single phenotypic trait controlled by a single gene i.e. AA X aa
monohybrid cross
in a ____ _____ each parent can only produce 1 type of gamete so all of the offspring are heterozygous (Aa)
monohybrid cross
____ alleles control a particular trait; can be dominant or recessive
2
If B is brown and b is blonde then:

BB represents
homozygous dominant; 2 dominant
If B is brown and b is blonde then:

Bb represents
heterozygous dominant; 1 dominant + 1 recessive
If B is brown and b is blonde then:

bb represents
homozygous recessive; 2 recessive
in a monohybrid cross the result can only be ______
heterozygous 1D + 1 R
what is the ratio of 2 heterozygous plants (Aa)
3:1; 3D+1R
in a monohybrid cross the resulting f1 generation is _____
heterozygous (1D + 1R; Aa)
which type of a monohybrid cross will the f1 phenotypes be heterozygous
AA x aa
ALWAYS TRUE in a monohybrid cross: Aa x Aa the result is always a phenotypic ratio of 3:1 and gentypic ratio of _____
1:2:1

1 homozygous dominant, 2 heterozygous, 1 homozygous recessive
a ____ ____ allows one to determine if an individual with a dominate trait is hetero- or homozygous
test cross
A? X aa

100% or 50%
test cross
a cross involving 2 traits (phenotypic characteristics) controlled by 2 unlinked (on separate nonhomologous chromosomes) genes
dihybrid cross
with this cross you can predict the probabaility to two traits being inherited together
dihybrid cross
in a dihybrid cross the ratio adding up the F2 combos possible is _____
9:3:3:1
a dihybrid cross always results in a ______ ratio
9:3:3:1
(AaBb x Aa Bb)
dihybrid cross
what does the ratio represent in a dihybrid cross
9 are A_B_ which show both dominant traits

3 are A_bb which show on dominant and one recessive trait

3 are aaB_ which show one dominant and one recessive trait

1 is aabb showing both recessive traits
dihybrid cross: 16 block punnett squares are complicated, time consuming, and prone to error so the ______ ______ was applied
statistical law
dihybrid cross: probability of independent events occurring together is equal to the product of their individual probabilities
statistical law
dihybrid cross:

chance of guessing the PA daily number is ______ thus tri, tetra, pentahybrid crosses are easy to analyze
1/10 x 1/10x 1/10 = 1/1000
allelic relationships are _________
dominant/recessive
allelic relationships:

neither allele is dominant and both are expressed
incomplete dominance
R1R1 (red) x R2R2 (white) = _____
All R1R2 (pink)
Gene Relationships:

one gene with alleles controls the expression of a second gene with its own alleles; purple flower color in peas controlled by 2 separate genes, C and P; in the absence of either dominant allele the flowers are white
complimentary genes
true or false: each gene controls different aspects of the pigment producing process
true
gene relationships:

one gene can mask the phenotypic expression of another gene; not dominanace which it resembles
epitasis
Gene Relationships:

Alter/"tweek" the expression of other genes; i.e. human eye color
modifier genes
_____ ____ _____ is clearly inherited but it is NOT controlled a single gene with two alleles; if true there would be ____ phenotypes: blue or brown
human eye color; 2
_____ eyed people lack melanin in the front layer of their iris; this color is the black layer at the back of the iris viewed through the front layer
blue
_____ eyed people have branching melanin containing pigment cells in the front layer
brown
true or false:

genes may have more than 2 alleles; any one 2N individual has only 2 but there may be more in the "pool"
true
name the four phenotypes of blood
A, B, AB, o
human blood type is based on a genetically controlled ______ ______ ______
rbc surface antigen
Human A/B/O Blood Type:

type A: rbc's bear antigen ___
A
Human A/B/O Blood Type:

type B: rbc's bear antigen ____
B
Human A/B/O Blood Type:

type AB: rbc's bear antigens _______
A and B
Human A/B/O Blood Type:

type O: rbc's bear antigen neither _____
A nor B
Name the blood type; 3 alleles Ia, Ib, i when Ia and Ib are both dominanat with respect to the recessive i but incompletely dominant toward each other...


IaIa or Iai ---> what blood type?
A
Name the blood type; 3 alleles Ia, Ib, i when Ia and Ib are both dominanat with respect to the recessive i but incompletely dominant toward each other...

IaIb ----> what blood type?
AB
Name the blood type; 3 alleles Ia, Ib, i when Ia and Ib are both dominanat with respect to the recessive i but incompletely dominant toward each other...


IbIb or Ibi -----> what blood type?
B
Name the blood type; 3 alleles Ia, Ib, i when Ia and Ib are both dominanat with respect to the recessive i but incompletely dominant toward each other...


ii ----> what blood type?
O
true or false:

Mendel's conclusions apply to inheritance patterns in SOME sexually reproducing, diploid organisms (including humans)
false; ALL not SOME
human genetic info is packaged in ____ pair of autosomes and ___ pair of sex chromosomes (x and y)
22; 1
_____ are XX and ____ are XY
female; male
_____ determine the sex of babies
males
a metabolic disorder resulting from an inability to metabolize lactose (milk sugar)
galactosemia
1/100,000 newborns are born with this metabolic disorder presenting symptoms of malnutrition, diarrhea, and severe vomiting; damage to eyes, liver, and brain may result
galactosemia
in galactosemia a _______ ______ gene codes for a non-functional enzyme (reaction 3)
single mutant
lactose ---> glucose + galactose ---> gal-1-PO4 ----> glu-1-PO4 ---->_____
glysosisis
in galactosemia _______ break down products that are toxic
Gal-1-PO4
galactosemia is caused by a ______ allele carried on an ________
recessive; autosome
AA-normal/Aa carrier/ aa affected child
galactosemia genetics
galactosemia genetics

Aa X Aa:____% chance of having a galactosemic child
25%
Tay-Sachs Allele is a ______ hexosaminidase A
nonfunctional
Gangliosides (brain cell lipids) cannot be broken down in lysosomes that swell, burst, and the lysosomal enzymes released kill the cell
Tay sachs
Tay Sachs disease:

phenotype: children appear normal up to ___ months, then signs of mental deterioration appear
8
causes blindness within a year of living and many rarely live to survive past the age of 5
Tay Sachs
1/3000,000 people have ___ ___
Tay Sachs
_____ of Eastern/Central European Ancestry: 1/28 are carriers and 1/3500 infants have Tay Sachs
Jews
Tay sachs is _____ recessive;

AA normal/Aa carrier/aa affected
autosomal
Tay Sachs is ______ ______ inheritance
autosomal dominant
type of dwarfism caused by an autosomal dominant allele
achondroplasia
affected individuals are <4'4"
achondroplasia
with achondroplasia
AA fetuses are usually _____

Aa are _____ but no other phentypic effects

aa are _____
stillborn

short

normal
this allele causes a progressive degeneration of the nervous system and is always fatal; 1/10,000
huntington's disease
huntington's disease:

in ____% of cases symptoms are expressed from age _____ onward
50%; 40
lethal allele remains in pool due to passage before symptoms develop
huntington's disease
Aa affected; aa normal

located on chromosome 4

test available
huntington's disease
some genes carried on the X chromosome are expressed bc the Y chromosome ______
is so small
true or false:

in females x linked recessive inheritance - these alleles will be expressed whether they are recessive or not
false; in MALES
_____ ___ is inherited through a linked recessive inheritance
hemophilia A
down's syndrom (trisomy 21) is a disorder from changes in _______ number
chromosomes
failure of _______ to separate properly during meiosis cause disorders
chromosomes
true or false:

with "old" eggs chromosome 21 is especially susceptible to failure of chromosomes to separate causing disorders
true
most _____ are miscarried but 1/1000 burths in N.Am. exhibit the symptoms
embryos
moderate to severe retardation, heart defects, and shortened life span are all symptoms of _____
miscarriage/changes in chromosome number
the study of the precise chemical details of how genetic systems work
molecular genetics
orginal scientists who won nobel prize for discovery of DNA
watson and crick and wilson (franklin)
hereditary chemical is a larrge molecule known as _____
DNA
DNA is a polymer of ______ (large molecule made up of these small subunits)
nucleotides
watson and crick used what kind of cells in their study of DNA
bacterial cells/bacteriophages
bases in DNA ATG+C; A=T and G=C
Chargaff's rule
the nucleotide general structure of DNA is composed of (3)
phosphate

sugar (deoxyribose)

base
contains a lot of nitrogen and alternates single/double bonds in nucleotide structure of DNA
base
Adenine and Guanine have a double carbon ring and are known as
purines
Thymine and cytosine have one carbon ring and are known as
pyrimidmes
the bases of DNA hook up by ____ bonds which can break easily
hydrogen
DNA is known as a double ____ and is composed of a _____ ______ backbone
helix; sugar phosphate
A-T, G-C base pairing
DNA
in DNA A-T is held together by ____ H bonds and G-C is held together by ____ H bonds
2; 3
_____ is very large and with protein makes chromosomes and coils up in the nucleus
DNA
hereditary material known as _____ spreads out while the cell is working
chromatin
____ are paired together in DNA
bases
DNA must be capable of _____ ______
self replication
DNA is responsible for ALL genetically controlled _______ characteristics
phenotypic
contains all the info necessary to make a new organism and control its processes
DNA
all the info is there to make another human being in the fertilized egg aka the _____
zygote
DNA Replication occurs during which phase
interphase; S phase
DNA Replication:

______ _____ are the enzymes necessary for replication
DNA polymerase
DNA Replication:

during this the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs are _____ and the 2 strands ____ (template and new strand)
broken; separate
DNA Replication:

after the two strands have separated still attached to the _____ the sugar phosphate backbone ______
base; unwind
DNA Replication:

the cell makes nucleotides after DNA unwinds and in the nucleus they ____ ____
match up
DNA Replication:

during _____ _____ ____ each new molecule is made up of half of the old molecule
semi-conservative replication
DNA Replication:

if DNA strands break (bc of UV, radiation or chemicals)this helps to repair it
ligase
____ _____ helps fix mismatches bases
DNA polymerase
discuss the steps of DNA replication
DNA unwinds

hydrogen bonds break

DNA polymerase helps match up
bases

Ligase helps fix broken bases

2 new identical strands are created
each parental strand acts as a template for the directed synthesis of a new complementary strand with a nucleotide sequence directed by the sequence in the parental strand
DNA replication
when DNA replication is completed there are ______ ______ ______ stranded molecules
2 identical double
DNA Replication:

synthesis reaaction catalyzed by a family of enzymes referred to as ____ ____
DNA polymerase
DNA Replication:

normal error rate = _____
1/100,000,000
the master molecule
DNA
true or false:

DNA is directly responsible for the appearance of phenotypic characteristics
false; proteins are
______ or enzymes are responsible for the appearance of phenotypic traits
proteins
phenotypic traits:

DNA has the ____ and proteins cause it to be _____
info; expressed
the linke between DNA and proteins is _____
RNA
DNA has a code for specific ______
proteins
_____ has all the info but it needs to be ______ by proteins
DNA;translated
true or false:

DNA cant leave the nucleus bc its so big so it needs RNA to make proteins
true
a single stranded polymer of ribonucleotides
RNA
true or false:

RNA is found in the nucleus AND the cytoplasm
true
true or false:

DNA is found in the nucleus AND the cytoplasm
false; only nucleus
for RNA the base _____ replaces ______
uracil; thymine
due to similarity in structure ____ can direct the synthesis to _____
DNA; RNA
____ can read DNA code and translate info into proteins
RNA
DNA directed RNA synthesis:

step one - info in DNA is transcribed onto RNA
transcription
DNA directed RNA synthesis:

step two - RNA is transported out of the _____ and into the ______ where it will have specific function depending on type
nucleus; cytoplasm
matches up with DNA sequence (complimentary strand of RNA)
m-RNA (messenger RNA)
nucleotides match up with DNA with the help of RNA ______
polymerase
name the 3 types of RNA
messenger (mRNA)

ribosomal (rRNA)

transfer (tRNA)
carries the specific instructions on how to construct protein from the appropriate amino acids
mRNA
a structural RNA used to construct ribosomes
ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
a family of RNAs that transport amino acids to the ribosome for incorporation into protein
transfer RNA (tRNA)
info DNA is ______ on to messenger RNA (mRNA) and then the info in mRNA is ______ into protein
transcribed; translated
AIDS are called ___ ___ bc it has RNA in it (NO DNA) which gets into the immune system cells and uses RNA to make DNA aka ____ _____; thus giving the DNA the code to make more viruses
retro virus; reverse transcription
the ______ of bases in DNA determines which protein will be made
sequence/order
the DNA code must be large enought to accommodate all ___ amino acids needed to make biological proteins
20
in RNA directed protein synthesis (translation) there are only ___ nucleotides/bases
4
there are _____ codons for ___ amino acids
64; 20
3 bases are the code for one amino acid aka the ____ ____
triplet code
the _____ ____ is redundant and can have 2 sequences of bases that give the same amino acids (if mistake can still get same amino)
genetic code
there are more than one ____ _____ for each amino acid
triplet code
the start amino acid in the genetic code
methionine
every ____ bases translates through the genetic code into a specific amino acid
3
in m-RNA there are _____ - 3 bases in mRNA coding for 1 amino acid) and ______ in tRNA
codons; anticodons
the _____ in tRNA matches up with the ____ in mRNA
anticodon; codon
_____ has the same code as DNA except has uracil instead of thymine
t-RNA
in t-RNA there is a 3 base ______ at the top connected with ______
anticodon; ribonucleotides
_____ carries specific amino acids to ribomes whhich then produce the polypeptide chain
t-RNA
the 3 bases (anticodon) of ____ match up with the _____ (codon) which have complimentary bases i.e. AUG, TAC
t-RNA; m-RNA
name the 3 stages of translation
initiation

elongation

termination
stage of translation:

t-RNA binds itself to the ribosome starting with methionine (AUG)
initiation
stage of translation:

m-RNA threads itself through the ribosome; t-RNA brings amino acids through ribosome
elongation
stage of translation:

during intitiation/elongation each codon/anticodon match up represents a different____ ____
amino acid
stage of translation:

when gets to stop codon it stops making protein and the ribosome moves along m=RNA
termination
protein is synthesized by the ______ which then goes onto the _____ for the golgi body to package and transport
ribosome; ER
after termination in protein synthesis the ribosome breaks up into ___ components
2
summmarize steps of protein synthesis
1. transcription of m-RNA

2. m-RNA moves into cytoplasm and binds to ribosome

3. at ribosome message is translated into protein
summarize steps of protein synthesis (more specific)
1. m-RNA copies DNA info by match up

2. m-RNA leaves nucleus goes to ribosomes

3. m-RNA attaches itself to ribosome (initiation)

4. t-RNA and m-RNA match (anticodon and codon)

4. long polypeptide chain is formed
true or false:

all genetic info is not constantly transcribed and then translated rather its expressed on a selective basis in a tightly regulated fashion
true
regulation of gene expressions depends on
needs of the organism (puberty, eating)
true or false:

genes can be turned on/off
true
true or false:

one gene can turn another on/off on chromosome...control expression of other genes aka
regulatory proteins
_____ trillion cells controlled by approx. ______ genes
100; 30,000
mutations of cells can occur during ______ and can be for ex as simple as 1 codon (base) being substituted for another which causes _______
replication; sickle cell anemia
true or false:

viruses cannot cause cancer
false; certain HPV viruses can
cancer is a result of ____ _____ and cells can end up with an extra chromosome
uncontrolled mitosis
transformation of normal cell into malignant cell may be caused by turning on _______
oncogenes
everyone has _____ and they are usually turned off but they can be turned on---> abnormal growth/cancers
oncogenes
______ are a normal part of human genome active during development then turned off
oncogenes
abnormal activation of oncogenes can be caused by (3 examples)
radiation/UV, carcinogenic chemicals, viral alteration of DNA
true or false:

lung cancer is very rare in non smokers and abnormally high in smokers
true