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B3 GENETICS Flashcards

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gametes

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egg and sperm cell

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fertilisation

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sperm cell fuses with egg cell and nuclei combine

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zygote

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single cell formed by fertilisation

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gene

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length of DNA coding for a protein

controls your characteristics

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genome

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all the DNA and genes in an organism

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protein

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polymer made from amino acids

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polymer

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long molecule made by chaining together many shorter ones

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diploid

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a cell with 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 in total)

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haploid

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a cell with 23 single chromosomes

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meiosis

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cell division that makes gametes

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meiosis stages

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DNA replicates cell divides into 2 diploid cells, these divide into 4 haploid daughters

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why gametes are different

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chromosomes in a pair are slightly different. Different gametes get different combinations of chromosomes

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Chromosome

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large DNA molecule made into a small package by tightly coiling DNA around a protein

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DNA structure

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two strands , double helix , complementary base pairs , sugar-phosphate backbone

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DNA bases

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adenine A thymine T

cystosine C guanine G

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complementary base pairs

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A pairs with T

C pairs with G

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hydrogen bonds

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weak force holding the two strands of DNA together

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DNA analysis

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issues small differences in DNA to determine family relationships or link people to crimes

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Allele

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different version of the same gene. we have two alleles of each gene

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homozygous

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we have two copies of the same allele

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heterozygous

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we have two different copies of an allele

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dominant allele

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one copy needed for characteristics to show. written as a capital

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recessive allele

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two copies for the characteristics to show. written as lowercase

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genotype

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the combination of alleles in an organism

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phenotype

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the characteristics produced by the alleles

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genetic diagram

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shows the likelihood of offspring produced by parents with certain genotypes

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sex chromosomes

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female: XX
male: XY

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inheriting sex

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all eggs are, X 50% of sperm are X and 50% are Y so 50% of zygotes are XX and 50% are XY

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punnett squares

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uses the genotypes of male and female gametes to predict the predict the genotyping of the offspring

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probability and punnett squares

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punnett squares tell you the likelihood of certain offspring not what will actually happen

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cystic fibrosis

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illness caused by a inheriting two copies of a faulty recessive allele

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family pedigree chart

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chart showing how genotypes are inherited down through a family

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mutation

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a change to the bases in a gene

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effects of mutation

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change the structure of a protein and how it works . sometimes harmless, normally harmful, very rarely beneficial

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cause of mutations

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mistakes copying DNA during cell division, DNA damage from chemicals or radiation

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inheriting mutations

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only if they occur in gametes (egg and sperm)

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human genome project

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project involving many scientists from many countries to find the order of bases in human DNA

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how is HGP useful

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to tailor drugs to genes , to design better drugs

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genetic differences

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HGP found 99% of DNA in all people is identical

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variation

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natural differences between members of a species that affect the chance of survival

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genetic variation

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variation caused by genes

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environmental variation

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caused by interaction with the surroundings such as food, climate etc

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causes of most variation

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a combination of genes and the environment

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acquired characteristics

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changes caused by the environment during your lifetime, such as losing a leg

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continuous variation

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can be anywhere within a range , such as height, following a normal distribution

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discontinuous variation

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can be only one of a few possibilities such as blood type:A,B,AB,O

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normal distribution

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bell heaped curve with more in the middle and fewer either side

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