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the female part of the plant
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pistil
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mal part of the plant which contains pollen, which contains sperm
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anther
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where on the plant can you find pollen
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anther
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this kind of flower has a large ______
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anther
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used pea plants in his experiments
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mendel
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mendel picked to use _____ plants because they are easy and you can control their reproduction; short life cycle; male and female parts
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pea
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mendel controlled pea plant experiments by ______
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removing the pollen on the male part and putting it on the female part
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how many alleles control one trait
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2
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list mendel's 7 traits that were in 2 forms
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seed color
seed shape pod color pod shape flower color flower position stem length |
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the alternate form of a gene; genes can occur in different forms
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alleles
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portions of a DNA molecule
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genes
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Mendel Vocab:
children; next generation of plant or human |
progeny
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Mendel Vocab:
progeny that result from a cross between two parental organisms |
F1 generation (first filial generation)
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Mendel Vocab:
a cross between 2 members of the F1 generation results in the _____ (F1xF1 ---> ____) |
F2 generation (second filial generation)
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Mendel Vocab:
characteristics that appear and can be seen in the F1 |
dominant traits
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Mendel Vocab:
characteristics that "disappear" and cannot be seen in the F1 |
recessive
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Mendel Vocab:
genes present in an organism; i.e. BB, Bb, bb |
genotype
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Mendel Vocab:
"appearance" of an organism; i.e. color, size, shape |
phenotype
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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
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Mendels Conclusions:
parents transmit info about inheritable traits via "factors" or _____ |
genes
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Mendels Conclusions:
______ organisms have two alleles/genes/trait each being carried on one member of a _____ _____ of chromosomes |
diploid; homologous pair
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Mendels Conclusions:
alternate forms of genes are called _______ |
alleles
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almost all normal traits are ______ (like one nose, 2 eyes, 2 ears)
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recessive
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Mendels Conclusions:
homologous chromosomes carry the same gene (allele) which is ________ recessive or dominant (i.e. AA, aa) |
homozygous
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Mendels Conclusions:
homologous chromosomes each carry a different gene (allele) i.e. Aa |
heterozygous
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Mendels Conclusions:
_______ are particulate entities and they don't mix |
alleles
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Mendels Conclusions:
a diploid individual receives ____ allele from 1 parent and ____ allele from the other |
1
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Mendels Conclusions:
When ______ are formed during meiosis each allele has an equal chance of ending up in any of the 4 haploid nuclei |
gametes
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Mendel Vocab:
characteristics that "disappear" and cannot be seen in the F1 |
recessive
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Mendel Vocab:
genes present in an organism; i.e. BB, Bb, bb |
genotype
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Mendel Vocab:
"appearance" of an organism; i.e. color, size, shape |
phenotype
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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
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Mendels Conclusions:
parents transmit info about inheritable traits via "factors" or _____ |
genes
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Mendels Conclusions:
______ organisms have two alleles/genes/trait each being carried on one member of a _____ _____ of chromosomes |
diploid; homologous pair
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Mendels Conclusions:
alternate forms of genes are called _______ |
alleles
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almost all normal traits are ______ (like one nose, 2 eyes, 2 ears)
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recessive
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Mendels Conclusions:
homologous chromosomes carry the same gene (allele) which is ________ recessive or dominant (i.e. AA, aa) |
homozygous
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Mendels Conclusions:
homologous chromosomes each carry a different gene (allele) i.e. Aa |
heterozygous
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Mendels Conclusions:
_______ are particulate entities and they don't mix |
alleles
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Mendels Conclusions:
a diploid individual receives ____ allele from 1 parent and ____ allele from the other |
1
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Mendels Conclusions:
When ______ are formed during meiosis each allele has an equal chance of ending up in any of the 4 haploid nuclei |
gametes
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Mendelian Rules:
when present ______ alleles are ALWAYS EXPRESSED |
dominant
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a cross between 2 individuals involving a single phenotypic trait controlled by a single gene i.e. AA X aa
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monohybrid cross
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in a ____ _____ each parent can only produce 1 type of gamete so all of the offspring are heterozygous (Aa)
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monohybrid cross
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____ alleles control a particular trait; can be dominant or recessive
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2
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If B is brown and b is blonde then:
BB represents |
homozygous dominant; 2 dominant
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If B is brown and b is blonde then:
Bb represents |
heterozygous dominant; 1 dominant + 1 recessive
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If B is brown and b is blonde then:
bb represents |
homozygous recessive; 2 recessive
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in a monohybrid cross the result can only be ______
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heterozygous 1D + 1 R
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what is the ratio of 2 heterozygous plants (Aa)
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3:1; 3D+1R
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in a monohybrid cross the resulting f1 generation is _____
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heterozygous (1D + 1R; Aa)
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which type of a monohybrid cross will the f1 phenotypes be heterozygous
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AA x aa
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ALWAYS TRUE in a monohybrid cross: Aa x Aa the result is always a phenotypic ratio of 3:1 and gentypic ratio of _____
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1:2:1
1 homozygous dominant, 2 heterozygous, 1 homozygous recessive |
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a ____ ____ allows one to determine if an individual with a dominate trait is hetero- or homozygous
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test cross
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A? X aa
100% or 50% |
test cross
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a cross involving 2 traits (phenotypic characteristics) controlled by 2 unlinked (on separate nonhomologous chromosomes) genes
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dihybrid cross
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with this cross you can predict the probabaility to two traits being inherited together
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dihybrid cross
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in a dihybrid cross the ratio adding up the F2 combos possible is _____
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9:3:3:1
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a dihybrid cross always results in a ______ ratio
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9:3:3:1
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(AaBb x Aa Bb)
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dihybrid cross
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what does the ratio represent in a dihybrid cross
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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 |
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dihybrid cross: 16 block punnett squares are complicated, time consuming, and prone to error so the ______ ______ was applied
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statistical law
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dihybrid cross: probability of independent events occurring together is equal to the product of their individual probabilities
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statistical law
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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
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allelic relationships are _________
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dominant/recessive
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allelic relationships:
neither allele is dominant and both are expressed |
incomplete dominance
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R1R1 (red) x R2R2 (white) = _____
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All R1R2 (pink)
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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
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true or false: each gene controls different aspects of the pigment producing process
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true
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gene relationships:
one gene can mask the phenotypic expression of another gene; not dominanace which it resembles |
epitasis
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Gene Relationships:
Alter/"tweek" the expression of other genes; i.e. human eye color |
modifier genes
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_____ ____ _____ is clearly inherited but it is NOT controlled a single gene with two alleles; if true there would be ____ phenotypes: blue or brown
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human eye color; 2
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_____ 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
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blue
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_____ eyed people have branching melanin containing pigment cells in the front layer
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brown
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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
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name the four phenotypes of blood
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A, B, AB, o
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human blood type is based on a genetically controlled ______ ______ ______
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rbc surface antigen
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Human A/B/O Blood Type:
type A: rbc's bear antigen ___ |
A
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Human A/B/O Blood Type:
type B: rbc's bear antigen ____ |
B
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Human A/B/O Blood Type:
type AB: rbc's bear antigens _______ |
A and B
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Human A/B/O Blood Type:
type O: rbc's bear antigen neither _____ |
A nor B
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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
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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
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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
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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
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true or false:
Mendel's conclusions apply to inheritance patterns in SOME sexually reproducing, diploid organisms (including humans) |
false; ALL not SOME
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human genetic info is packaged in ____ pair of autosomes and ___ pair of sex chromosomes (x and y)
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22; 1
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_____ are XX and ____ are XY
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female; male
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_____ determine the sex of babies
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males
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a metabolic disorder resulting from an inability to metabolize lactose (milk sugar)
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galactosemia
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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
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galactosemia
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in galactosemia a _______ ______ gene codes for a non-functional enzyme (reaction 3)
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single mutant
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lactose ---> glucose + galactose ---> gal-1-PO4 ----> glu-1-PO4 ---->_____
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glysosisis
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in galactosemia _______ break down products that are toxic
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Gal-1-PO4
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galactosemia is caused by a ______ allele carried on an ________
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recessive; autosome
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AA-normal/Aa carrier/ aa affected child
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galactosemia genetics
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galactosemia genetics
Aa X Aa:____% chance of having a galactosemic child |
25%
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Tay-Sachs Allele is a ______ hexosaminidase A
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nonfunctional
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Gangliosides (brain cell lipids) cannot be broken down in lysosomes that swell, burst, and the lysosomal enzymes released kill the cell
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Tay sachs
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Tay Sachs disease:
phenotype: children appear normal up to ___ months, then signs of mental deterioration appear |
8
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causes blindness within a year of living and many rarely live to survive past the age of 5
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Tay Sachs
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1/3000,000 people have ___ ___
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Tay Sachs
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_____ of Eastern/Central European Ancestry: 1/28 are carriers and 1/3500 infants have Tay Sachs
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Jews
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Tay sachs is _____ recessive;
AA normal/Aa carrier/aa affected |
autosomal
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Tay Sachs is ______ ______ inheritance
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autosomal dominant
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type of dwarfism caused by an autosomal dominant allele
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achondroplasia
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affected individuals are <4'4"
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achondroplasia
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with achondroplasia
AA fetuses are usually _____ Aa are _____ but no other phentypic effects aa are _____ |
stillborn
short normal |
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this allele causes a progressive degeneration of the nervous system and is always fatal; 1/10,000
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huntington's disease
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huntington's disease:
in ____% of cases symptoms are expressed from age _____ onward |
50%; 40
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lethal allele remains in pool due to passage before symptoms develop
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huntington's disease
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Aa affected; aa normal
located on chromosome 4 test available |
huntington's disease
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some genes carried on the X chromosome are expressed bc the Y chromosome ______
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is so small
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true or false:
in females x linked recessive inheritance - these alleles will be expressed whether they are recessive or not |
false; in MALES
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_____ ___ is inherited through a linked recessive inheritance
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hemophilia A
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down's syndrom (trisomy 21) is a disorder from changes in _______ number
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chromosomes
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failure of _______ to separate properly during meiosis cause disorders
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chromosomes
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true or false:
with "old" eggs chromosome 21 is especially susceptible to failure of chromosomes to separate causing disorders |
true
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most _____ are miscarried but 1/1000 burths in N.Am. exhibit the symptoms
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embryos
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moderate to severe retardation, heart defects, and shortened life span are all symptoms of _____
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miscarriage/changes in chromosome number
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the study of the precise chemical details of how genetic systems work
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molecular genetics
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orginal scientists who won nobel prize for discovery of DNA
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watson and crick and wilson (franklin)
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hereditary chemical is a larrge molecule known as _____
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DNA
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DNA is a polymer of ______ (large molecule made up of these small subunits)
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nucleotides
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watson and crick used what kind of cells in their study of DNA
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bacterial cells/bacteriophages
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bases in DNA ATG+C; A=T and G=C
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Chargaff's rule
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the nucleotide general structure of DNA is composed of (3)
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phosphate
sugar (deoxyribose) base |
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contains a lot of nitrogen and alternates single/double bonds in nucleotide structure of DNA
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base
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Adenine and Guanine have a double carbon ring and are known as
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purines
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Thymine and cytosine have one carbon ring and are known as
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pyrimidmes
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the bases of DNA hook up by ____ bonds which can break easily
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hydrogen
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DNA is known as a double ____ and is composed of a _____ ______ backbone
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helix; sugar phosphate
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A-T, G-C base pairing
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DNA
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in DNA A-T is held together by ____ H bonds and G-C is held together by ____ H bonds
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2; 3
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_____ is very large and with protein makes chromosomes and coils up in the nucleus
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DNA
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hereditary material known as _____ spreads out while the cell is working
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chromatin
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____ are paired together in DNA
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bases
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DNA must be capable of _____ ______
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self replication
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DNA is responsible for ALL genetically controlled _______ characteristics
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phenotypic
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contains all the info necessary to make a new organism and control its processes
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DNA
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all the info is there to make another human being in the fertilized egg aka the _____
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zygote
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DNA Replication occurs during which phase
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interphase; S phase
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DNA Replication:
______ _____ are the enzymes necessary for replication |
DNA polymerase
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DNA Replication:
during this the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs are _____ and the 2 strands ____ (template and new strand) |
broken; separate
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DNA Replication:
after the two strands have separated still attached to the _____ the sugar phosphate backbone ______ |
base; unwind
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DNA Replication:
the cell makes nucleotides after DNA unwinds and in the nucleus they ____ ____ |
match up
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DNA Replication:
during _____ _____ ____ each new molecule is made up of half of the old molecule |
semi-conservative replication
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DNA Replication:
if DNA strands break (bc of UV, radiation or chemicals)this helps to repair it |
ligase
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____ _____ helps fix mismatches bases
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DNA polymerase
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discuss the steps of DNA replication
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DNA unwinds
hydrogen bonds break DNA polymerase helps match up bases Ligase helps fix broken bases 2 new identical strands are created |
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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
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DNA replication
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when DNA replication is completed there are ______ ______ ______ stranded molecules
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2 identical double
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DNA Replication:
synthesis reaaction catalyzed by a family of enzymes referred to as ____ ____ |
DNA polymerase
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DNA Replication:
normal error rate = _____ |
1/100,000,000
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the master molecule
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DNA
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true or false:
DNA is directly responsible for the appearance of phenotypic characteristics |
false; proteins are
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______ or enzymes are responsible for the appearance of phenotypic traits
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proteins
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phenotypic traits:
DNA has the ____ and proteins cause it to be _____ |
info; expressed
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the linke between DNA and proteins is _____
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RNA
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DNA has a code for specific ______
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proteins
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_____ has all the info but it needs to be ______ by proteins
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DNA;translated
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true or false:
DNA cant leave the nucleus bc its so big so it needs RNA to make proteins |
true
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a single stranded polymer of ribonucleotides
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RNA
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true or false:
RNA is found in the nucleus AND the cytoplasm |
true
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true or false:
DNA is found in the nucleus AND the cytoplasm |
false; only nucleus
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for RNA the base _____ replaces ______
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uracil; thymine
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due to similarity in structure ____ can direct the synthesis to _____
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DNA; RNA
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____ can read DNA code and translate info into proteins
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RNA
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DNA directed RNA synthesis:
step one - info in DNA is transcribed onto RNA |
transcription
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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
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matches up with DNA sequence (complimentary strand of RNA)
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m-RNA (messenger RNA)
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nucleotides match up with DNA with the help of RNA ______
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polymerase
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name the 3 types of RNA
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messenger (mRNA)
ribosomal (rRNA) transfer (tRNA) |
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carries the specific instructions on how to construct protein from the appropriate amino acids
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mRNA
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a structural RNA used to construct ribosomes
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ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
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a family of RNAs that transport amino acids to the ribosome for incorporation into protein
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transfer RNA (tRNA)
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info DNA is ______ on to messenger RNA (mRNA) and then the info in mRNA is ______ into protein
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transcribed; translated
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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
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retro virus; reverse transcription
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the ______ of bases in DNA determines which protein will be made
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sequence/order
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the DNA code must be large enought to accommodate all ___ amino acids needed to make biological proteins
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20
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in RNA directed protein synthesis (translation) there are only ___ nucleotides/bases
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4
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there are _____ codons for ___ amino acids
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64; 20
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3 bases are the code for one amino acid aka the ____ ____
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triplet code
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the _____ ____ is redundant and can have 2 sequences of bases that give the same amino acids (if mistake can still get same amino)
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genetic code
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there are more than one ____ _____ for each amino acid
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triplet code
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the start amino acid in the genetic code
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methionine
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every ____ bases translates through the genetic code into a specific amino acid
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3
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in m-RNA there are _____ - 3 bases in mRNA coding for 1 amino acid) and ______ in tRNA
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codons; anticodons
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the _____ in tRNA matches up with the ____ in mRNA
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anticodon; codon
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_____ has the same code as DNA except has uracil instead of thymine
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t-RNA
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in t-RNA there is a 3 base ______ at the top connected with ______
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anticodon; ribonucleotides
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_____ carries specific amino acids to ribomes whhich then produce the polypeptide chain
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t-RNA
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the 3 bases (anticodon) of ____ match up with the _____ (codon) which have complimentary bases i.e. AUG, TAC
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t-RNA; m-RNA
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name the 3 stages of translation
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initiation
elongation termination |
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stage of translation:
t-RNA binds itself to the ribosome starting with methionine (AUG) |
initiation
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stage of translation:
m-RNA threads itself through the ribosome; t-RNA brings amino acids through ribosome |
elongation
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stage of translation:
during intitiation/elongation each codon/anticodon match up represents a different____ ____ |
amino acid
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stage of translation:
when gets to stop codon it stops making protein and the ribosome moves along m=RNA |
termination
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protein is synthesized by the ______ which then goes onto the _____ for the golgi body to package and transport
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ribosome; ER
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after termination in protein synthesis the ribosome breaks up into ___ components
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2
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summmarize steps of protein synthesis
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1. transcription of m-RNA
2. m-RNA moves into cytoplasm and binds to ribosome 3. at ribosome message is translated into protein |
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summarize steps of protein synthesis (more specific)
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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 |
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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
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regulation of gene expressions depends on
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needs of the organism (puberty, eating)
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true or false:
genes can be turned on/off |
true
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true or false:
one gene can turn another on/off on chromosome...control expression of other genes aka |
regulatory proteins
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_____ trillion cells controlled by approx. ______ genes
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100; 30,000
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mutations of cells can occur during ______ and can be for ex as simple as 1 codon (base) being substituted for another which causes _______
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replication; sickle cell anemia
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true or false:
viruses cannot cause cancer |
false; certain HPV viruses can
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cancer is a result of ____ _____ and cells can end up with an extra chromosome
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uncontrolled mitosis
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transformation of normal cell into malignant cell may be caused by turning on _______
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oncogenes
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everyone has _____ and they are usually turned off but they can be turned on---> abnormal growth/cancers
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oncogenes
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______ are a normal part of human genome active during development then turned off
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oncogenes
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abnormal activation of oncogenes can be caused by (3 examples)
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radiation/UV, carcinogenic chemicals, viral alteration of DNA
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true or false:
lung cancer is very rare in non smokers and abnormally high in smokers |
true
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