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104 Cards in this Set
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transposable elements were first seen in gen stud of?
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maiz
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transpos elem can move to new posit in ?
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same and diff chrom
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transpos elem are ________ percent of the human genome
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50%
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plants and animal use _______________ mech to regul tranpos
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epigenetic
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what are 2 classes of euk transp?
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class I dna---rna---dna
class II DNA--DNA |
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class I elem are also called?
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RNA elements
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Do humans have reverse transcriptase?? I thought they didnt?
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I have to ask the teacher
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what are the different names for class I transp?
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1. RNA elements
2. retro elements |
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what is the movement called of class I ?
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retrotransposition
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class I elements __________ be excised from the genome
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cannot
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class II elem are called DNA elements bec?
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class II elem movies itself from one site in genome to another
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class II _____________ excise from donor site
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can
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in maiz, Class ___________- led to unusual spotted kernels bec of their excision from g resp for pigm prod
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II
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Barbara mcclintock saw what occuring?
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maiz
chromos 9. would break due to 2 factors. Ds dissasociat and Ac activator |
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maiz
chromos 9 breaks at _________ locus |
Ds
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maiz
breakage results in the loss of what wild type alleles? |
C,Sh, Wx
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the spotted kernel is an exampl of ?
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an unstable phenotype
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maiz
C g with Ds inserted is a |
mutant
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if Ds jumps away from C g what will happen?
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revert to normal gene
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the colorless, shrunken, not shiny part of the corn kernel was produced when?
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a chrom frag cont C,SH, Wx is lost thr break at Ds locus. then these recessive alleles on homol chrom are expressed
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maiz
new unstable alleles are prod when? |
Ds inserts in the C g. Ac can excise Ds from C g which allows the color to be express again
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c-m-Ds means
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c-mutable (DS)
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maiz
a strain with c-m(DS) and no Ac has what color kernels? |
colorless. bec Ds cant move without Ac
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maiz
a strain with c-m(DS) and Ac has what color kernels? |
spotted. bec Ac activ Ds, in some c to leave
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Ac activ Ds in some c to leave or to ?
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excise, transpose
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T or F
c-m (Ac)is always unstable |
T
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T or F
c-m (Ds) is always unstable |
F
only when Ac is also present |
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Ds is probably a _______________ of Ac
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incomplete, mutated version
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autonomous elements are?
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elements that req no oth elem for their mobility
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non autonomous elem?
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req oth elem for their mobility
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Ac is a
a. auton elem b. non auton elem |
Ac is a
auton elem |
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element family
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1. auton elem
2. nonauton elem that it can mobilize |
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what 3 things can a transpo do?
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1. inactiv a g
2. cause chromosom break 3. transp to new locat |
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inser seq element are in?
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bact
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IS
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insertion sequence elements
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IS elements were first found in E coli in what g?
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gal operon
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phage lamda inserts next to?
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gal operon
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lambdadgal phage has?
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picked up the gal region from the bact
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phage lambda particles with gal mutation have __________ density than lambda with out gal mutat
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higher
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why do lambda particl with gal mutat have higher density?
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bec they have the gal g plus the IS, giving it more mass for the same volume
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bact
all IS have a prot called? |
transposase
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transposase is?
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an enzyme req for mov of IS elements
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all IS begin and end w?
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short inverted repeat seq
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T or F
E Coli has lots of IS |
t
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E coli
IS regions have ____________seq |
identical
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recombination betw F fact plasmid and E coli chromosome to form Hfr strains is via?
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single crossover betw an IS elem on F and IS on bact chrom
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R factor is?
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plasmid w g for resist to antib
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Drug resist genes are located on?
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transposon
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Tn stands for
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transposon
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2 types of bact transpos are?
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1. composite transpos
2. simple transpos |
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bact
composite trans is? |
collect of g inbetw 2 IS
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bact composit transp has 2 IS oriented?
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opposit direct
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Inverted repeats are in _________ transposons
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composite
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IS elements in composite transposons can not?
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transpose on their own
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the IS associated w simple transposons do not have the ___ enzyme
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transposase
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composite transposons have the transposase where?
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in their IS seq
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simple transposon have the transposase in their?
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own seq, not in their IS seq
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t or f
a transposon can jump from a plasmid to anoth plasmid |
t
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first step of transposition is?
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transposase makes a staggered cut in target site DNA
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the action of transposase is similar to?
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restric enzymes that make breaks in sugar phosphate backbone of dna
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after transposon inserts inbetw the staggered ends of the dna what happens?
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host dna repair machinery repairs the breaks
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integration of transpos makes a ?
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five base pair duplication
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the five base pair duplica at site of transpos insertion is called?
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target-site duplication
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t or f
each transpos type can have diff number of duplications |
t
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prokaryotes
2 mechanisms of transposition are? |
replicative
conservative |
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results of replicat pathway for transpos is?
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1. new copy in new site
2. one copy stays at old site |
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prok
conservative transposition the transposon leaves ? |
the old site and inserts into new site
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transposition
"cut and paste " is the __________ mechanism |
conservative
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replicat transposition
transposition intermed is made up of? |
a double plasmid with donor and recip being fused togeth
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replicat transpos
format of double plasmid intermed is catalyzed by? |
Tn3 encoded transposase
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replicat transposition
donor plasmid + target plasmid ------ ? |
cointegrate
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replicat transpos
cointegrate separ back into 2 plasmids by ? |
a recombinat like event
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gerry fink
studied what gene? |
HIS4
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HIS4 is involved in ?
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pathway for synth of histidine
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gerry fink studied what organism?
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yeast
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retrovirus has a ss
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RNA
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retrovirus
RNA ---DNA by? |
reverse transcriptase
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name 2 retroviruses responsible for tumours?
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MMTV
RSV |
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provirus is
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ds dna copy of retroviral genome
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retrovirus and Ty1 are both flanked by?
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long terminal repeats
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LTR are?
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long terminal repeats
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gag, pol, and env are 3 what?
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prot that take part in viral replication
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why cant Ty1 elements leave the c?
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bec they dont have anything that encodes for env
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euk
retrotransposons are |
transp elem that utilize revers transcriptase to go thr a RNA interm
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class I transpos elem are?
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use revers transcriptase to transpose thr rna intermed
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retrotransposons are also called?
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class 1 transposable elements
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retrotranspos that have long terminal repeats are called?
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LTR-retrotransposons
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copia like elements of drosophilia are?
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spontant mutations w retrotransp insertions
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only _________ have transposons that transpose thr rna intermed
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euk
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euk
class II elements are also called |
dna transposons
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euk
DNA transpos act like ___________ in bact |
IS elements
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P elements in drosophilia are?
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DNA transposons
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p elements were discov by studying ?
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hybrid dysgenesis
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drosophilia
dysgenic means |
biologically deficient
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drosophilia
hybrid progeny are products of? |
M cytotype- f from the lab
P cytotype m from the wild |
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drosophilia
M cytotype are ? |
f drosoph from the lab
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P cytotype are from?
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m the wild
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A f M cytotype and m P cytotype mate? what do you get?t
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hybrid dysgenesis
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a m M cytotype and a f P cytotype mate. what do you get?
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no dysgenic offspring
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drosoph
eye color white mutat causes by a ? |
P element
transpos element insertion |
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explanation for hybrid dysgenesis?
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P strains have p elements but also have a repressor
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p elements have?
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transposase
repressor |
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most laboratory strains of drosoph have no?
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p elements, and thus no p repressors
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hybrid
f M type X m P type. the male does not contribute? |
any cytoplasm which has the p repressor in it. so this lets the p element transpose.
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