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Messeger RNA

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  • Made during transcription
  • Carries genetic code from DNA to the ribosomes where its used to make protein during translation
  • mRNA is a single polynucleotide strand
  • In mRNA groups of three adjacent bases are called codons
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Transfer RNA

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  • Involved in translation
  • Carries the amino acids that are used to make proteins to the ribosomes
  • tRNA is a single polynucleotide strand folded into a clover
  • Has hydrogen bonds to keep the clover shape
  • tRNA molecules have a specific sequence of three bases at one end called an anticodon and an amino acid at the other end
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Transcription

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  • Enzyme called RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA
  • Hydrogen bonds between two DNA strands break and it uncoils
  • Bases become exposed and the sense strand becomes a template for mRNA
  • RNA nucleotides pair up with specific bases on DNA and they are joined together by RNA polymerase
  • Forming an mRNA molecule which moves out of the nucleus through a nuclear pore and attaches to a ribosome
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Translation

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  • The mRNA attaches to a ribosome
  • tRNA has an anticodon that is complementary to the first codon on the mRNA so they attach and the amino acid it codes for is left behind
  • More tRNA molecules attach to the codons in order on the mRNA
  • The amino acids that are left behind are joined together by a peptide bond
  • This produces a chain of linked amino acids called a polypeptide chain until there is a stop signal on the mRNA molecule
  • The polypeptide chain folds into a protein
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Introns

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  • Part of the DNA that is non-coding
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Exons

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  • Part of the DNA that code for amino acids
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The Genetic Code

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  • Sequence of codons/ base triplets in mRNA which code for a specific amino acid
  • Non-overlapping: each base sequence is read in order and only apart of one triplet
  • Degenerate: more than one triplet combination codes for the same amino acid
  • Start/stop signal: some triplets signal the start and stop production of mRNA
  • Universal: same specific base triplets code for the same amino acids in all living things
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Eukaryotes Products of Transcription

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  • Introns and exons are both copies into mRNA during transcription
  • mRNA strands containing introns and exons are called pre-mRNA
  • Splicing occurs which removes the introns and joins the exons together to form the mRNA strand
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Prokaryotes Products Of Transcription

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  • mRNA is produced directly from DNA

- This is due to there being no introns present in prokaryotic DNA so splicing isn’t necessary

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Number Of Bases & Amino Acids

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  • Sometimes more bases are reported than there are amino acids
  • Introns are present and these are non-coding sections/bases
  • Stop/start codons don’t code for amino acids, instead they code for the start or end of protein production
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Genes & Alleles

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  • Genes can exist in many forms called an allele

- Orders of bases in each allele differ slightly so they code for different version of the same protein

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Classification

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  • Grouping together related organisms
  • There are eight levels of groups used to classify organisms
  • The groups are called taxa and each group is called a taxon
  • Arranged in a hierarchy with the largest groups at the top and smallest at the bottom
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Taxonomy

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  • The science of classification, involves naming and dividing organisms into groups
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Hierarchy

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  • Groups within groups
  • Without overlap; organisms only belong to one group at each level
  • Down the hierarchy there are more groups at each level with fewer organisms in each group that are more closely related
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Levels of Classification

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  • Organisms ate first sorted into three domains
  • Kindgom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
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Species

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  • A group of similar organisms

- That are able to reproduce to give fertile offspring

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Binomial Naming System

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  • Organisms have one internationally accepted scientific two-part Latin name
  • First part is the genus name
  • Send is the species name
  • Genus name starts with a capital letter, species with a lowercase and the whole name is underlined or in italics
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Courtship Behaviour

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  • Carried out by organisms to attract a mate of the same species
  • Species specific; only members of the same species will do and respond to the courtship behaviour
  • Allows members of the same species to recognise each other, prevent interbreeding
  • Useful in classifying organisms; more closely related species exhibit more similar courtship behaviour
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Phylogeny

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  • Study of evolutionary history of a group of organisms; it tells us who’s related to whom and how closely related they are
  • All organisms evolved from shared common ancestors; the first branch point represents the common ancestor
  • Each of the following branch points represent another common ancestor from which a different group diverged
  • Closely related species diverged away from each other most recently as the branches are close together
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Biodiversity

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  • The variety of living organisms in one are
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Habitat

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  • The place where an organism lives
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Community

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  • All populations of different species in one habitat
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Species Richness

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  • A measure of the number of different species in a community
  • As well as being a simple measure of biodiversity
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Index Of Diversity

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  • Describes the relationship between the number of species in a community and the number of individual in each species

= N(N-1) / SUM OF n(n-1)

N = Total number of organisms of all species

n = Total number of organisms of one species

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Woodland Clearance

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  • Done to increase area of farmland

- Reduces trees, destroys habitats so species die or migrate

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Pesticides

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  • Chemicals that kill organisms that feed on crops

- Reduces biodiversity by killing pests as well as species that feed on pests as a food source

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Monoculture

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  • Only growing one type of plant

- Reduces biodiversity as it supports fewer organisms as a habitat or food source

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DNA Hybridisation

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  • DNA from two species are split with heat from being double stranded to single stranded
  • Two differing single strands are recombined to form a hybrid
  • The more heat required to separate the hybrid double strand, the more closely related the two animals
  • Due to more hydrogen bonds having formed during hybridisation
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DNA Base Sequencing

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  • The DNA base sequence of one organism is compared to one of another organism
  • Closely related species will have a higher percentage of similarity in their DNA base order
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Amino Acid Sequence

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  • Related organisms have similar DNA sequences so similar amino acid sequences in their proteins
  • Cytochrome C is a short protein found in many species
  • Closely related species will have more similar amino acid sequences of Cytochrome C
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Immunology Comparisons

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  • Similar proteins will each bind to the same antibodies
  • If antibodies to a human version of a protein are added to isolated samples of protein from some other species
  • Any protein that’s similar to the human version will bind to the antibody

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