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Architectural proteins

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Help package dna into chromosome

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Small genomes composed of

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Mostly of protein coding and rna coding sequences

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Small genome found in

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Viruses archaea bacteria, unicellular eukaryotes

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Large genomes found in what organisms

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Multicellular and unicellular eukaryotes

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Large genome is most made of

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Non coding DNA, introns, exons

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Nucleous

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Main DNA organelle

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Eukaryotic have - chromosomes

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Multiple

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Nucleosome

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DNA wrapped around histones

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Core histone

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Small, positive, basic proteins, two dimers of H3/H4, H2B and H2A

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Linker histone

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Larger, positive, basic, H1 and H5

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The amount of histones in a nucleosome

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9 (8 core, 1 linker)

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12
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Most eukaryotics package genome with

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Histones

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  • bp wrapped around histones
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146 (180 total)

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C terminal end functions

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Extend histone fold domain, histone-histone interactions, histone dna interactions

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N terminal tails features

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Lysine and arginine rich, post translational mods cite

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Condensin

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Promote dna interactions and define shape of chromosome

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Condensing ratio

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10,000

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Chromosome composed of

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One linear double stranded molecule of DNA

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Centromere

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Where the sister chromatids connect

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Cohesins

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Holds sis chromotids togethet

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Ki67

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Protien, coats chromosome to make them repel each other

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CENP A

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Special histone, epigenetically define the position of the centromere

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Kinetochore

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Spindles attach

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Meta centric telomeres

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Middle

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Acrocentric

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Near end

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Telocentric

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On the end

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Topologically associating domain

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Chromosome areas that interact with each other to regulate DNA expression

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Levels of gene regulation

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1 regulatory elements
2 chromatin
3 chromosome position/ nuclear architecture

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C value paradox

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size of genome does not equal complexity

30
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Intergenic dna

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(60% in people) DNA between genes,
Unique copy number,highly repetitive, interspersed elements (transposable)

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Gene and regulatory gene sequences amount in human

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40%

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Endosymbiosis hypothesis

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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are derived from primitive free living bacterial organisms

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homoplasmy

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Genetics/ organelles from only material gamete (mitochondria)

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Mitochondrial DNA

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Encodes enzymes for ATP production, autophagy, apoptosis, mutations lead to genetic diseases

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Lever hereditary optic neuropathy

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Mitochondrial disease, early onset blindness

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Chloroplast genome

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cpDNA, compact, no histomes, minimal genes, dsDNA

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Mitochondria genome

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MtDNA, compact, no histomes, minimal genes, dsDNA

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Intercompartmental/Lateral gene transfer

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happens to mitochondria chloroplast, nucleus

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Bacterial nucleoid

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Circular dna molecule, no histones, mosaic, cations and covalent bonds present, histone-like

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Plasmid

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Small, ds, circular or linear

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Virus and bacteriophage genome

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Ds or ss and circular or linear, no histones

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Metagenomics

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Sequencing entire populations genomes

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Mammalian DNA viruses

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Infect mammalian cells for replication

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two types of genomes

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small bacteria (<10 Mb), unicellular eukaryotes (<20 Mb)
large multicellular,
unicellular eukaryotes (>100 Mb)

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10-11 nm fiber

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represents the nucleosome, where DNA wraps around core histones 10 nanometers in diameter, can fold into 30 nm

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DNA is bound to the
histone core via

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ionic reactions

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Beads-on-a-string

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Beads represent DNA wrapped around the histone
core octamer.
String represents the DNA double helix

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eukaryotic exceptions to histones

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Dinoflagellate small basic non-histone proteins.
Sperm DNA, basic proteins protamine

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prokaryotic DNA packing

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chromosome, no histones

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30 nm fiber

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packed tight asf, arranged in zig zag or sulelinoid

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loop domains

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Further compaction of the DNA into loops that
contain 50-100 kb of DNA

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metacentric

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centromere in center

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Acrocentric

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near end of telomere but not quite

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telocentric

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on end to telomere

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chromosomal territories

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where the chromosome resides int he nucleus, its location effects it ability to replicate

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TAD

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contribute to the regulation of gene expression by restricting interactions of cis-regulatory sequences to their target genes.

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c value

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amount of DNA in genome

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-% Is intergenic DNA in humans

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60

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types of intergenic DNA

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unique DNA, repetitive DNA, tandem repeats, satellites, yuh

60
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-% Is gene and gene regulatory DNA in humans

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40

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Heteroplasmy

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describes the situation in which two or more mtDNA variants exist within the same cell

62
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Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy is caused by

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Mutation of mitochondrial genes

63
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common bacterial viruses

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Bacteriophage lamda (double-stranded linear genome)
*M13 (single-stranded circular genome)

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common mammalian viruses

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– Human papilloma virus (circular, double-stranded)
– Simian virus 40 (circular, double-stranded)
– Adenovirus (linear, double-stranded)

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