additional thoughts

Question 1

The human genome has about how many genes?

Answer 1

20 000

Question 2

What are genetic polymorphisms?

Answer 2

sites in the genome that vary among different individuals, and usually refers to a genetic variant that occurs in 1% of the population

Question 3

What is the exome?

Answer 3

portion of the genome that codes for protiens

Question 4

Chromosomes consist of 2

Answer 4

-chromatin and histones

Question 5

Epigenetic inheritance depends on ____

Answer 5

factors other than DNA

Question 6

An epigenetic state can usually be ____

Answer 6

reversed

Question 7

Interchromosomal interactions can be shown through ___ treatment

Answer 7

hormone

Question 8

What is a topologically associated domain?

Answer 8

TAD - regions in a genome where DNA in that region interacts more strongly with other DNA in that region

Question 9

RNA polymerase moves in the ________ direction

Answer 9

3-5

Question 10

General transcription factors assemble at the _____ just upstream of the transcriptional start site to recruit and modify _____

Answer 10

pre initiation complex, RNA pol II

Question 11

does peptide bond formation require energy?

Answer 11

no, spontaneous

Question 12

RNA interference has potential for treating what?

Answer 12

Huntingtons

Question 13

What is bromodeoxyuridine?

Answer 13

BrdU - thymidine analog that incorporates DNA of dividing cells

Question 14

What is the main DNA polymerase in prokaryotes?

Answer 14

Pol III

Question 15

DNA replication takes place in what phase of the cell cycle?

Answer 15

S