Biotech Final Exam Study Guide

Question 1

DNA fingerprinting

Answer 1

matches people with a sequence, used for for individuals

Question 2

RNAi

Answer 2

controls the expression of protein producing RNAs

Question 3

Polymorphism

Answer 3

a particular sequence of DNA that varies in one ore more of a population

Question 4

human genome has

Answer 4

22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes

Question 5

DNA profiling

Answer 5

used to find the origins of dogs

Question 6

mitochondrion’s double membrane

Answer 6

contains enzymes that carry out reactions

Question 7

microtubules

Answer 7

serve as the foundation of cilia and flagella

Question 8

spherocytosis

Answer 8

causes the red blood cells to ballon out

Question 9

interhpase

Answer 9

when a cell is not dividing

Question 10

G1 phase

Answer 10

all necessary macromolecules are produced

Question 11

S phase

Answer 11

DNA and proteins are made

Question 12

G2 phase

Answer 12

more proteins are produced

Question 13

cell cycle is controlled by

Answer 13

checkpoints

Question 14

kinases and cyclins

Answer 14

activate genes whose products carry out mitosis

Question 15

apoptosis

Answer 15

cell death

Question 16

signal transduction

Answer 16

cell surface communications from first causes change in second

Question 17

CAMs

Answer 17

guide white blood cells to injury sites

Question 18

Archibald Garrod

Answer 18

linked heredity to protein defects

Question 19

PCR method

Answer 19

involved repeated cycles of denaturation and DNA replication

Question 20

BACs

Answer 20

artificial chromosomes, help with human genome details