1.1 heritable information

Question 1

what contains most all of the cell’s DNA

Answer 1

chromosomes

Question 2

the units of inheritance that transmits from parents to offspring

Answer 2

genes

Question 3

chromosome structure

Answer 3

each chromosome has one very long DNA molecule with hundreds or thousands of genes arranged along its length

Question 4

DNA molecule structure

Answer 4

DNA molecules are made of 2 chains arranged in a double helix

Question 5

chemical building blocks making up DNA molecules

Answer 5

nucleotides

Question 6

genes program the cells productions of

Answer 6

proteins

Question 7

translation

Answer 7

sequence of nucleotides along a gene is transcribed into RNA which is translated into a specific protein with unique shape and function

Question 8

entire set of genetic information that an organism inherits:

Answer 8

genome

Question 9

3 key research developments to bring systems biology within reach

Answer 9

• high throughput technology
• bioinformatics
• formation of interdisciplinary research teams

Question 10

high throughput technology:

Answer 10

tools that can analyze biological materials very rapidly and produce enormous amounts of data

Question 11

automatic DNA sequencing machines

Answer 11

type of high throughput technology that made the sequencing of the human genome possible

Question 12

bioinformatics

Answer 12

the computational tools to store, organize, analyze the huge amount of data that comes from high throughput technology

Question 13

formation of interdisciplinary research teams

Answer 13

diverse specialists like commuter scientists, mathematicians, engineers, chemists, physicists, and biologists