Chapter 14 - Genetics (Important Chapter) Flashcards
study of heredity
genetics
passing on characteristics from parents to offspring so they resemble parents and each other
heredity
actual expressed properties or charactertics
phenotype
organisms genetic makeup and total collection of genes
genotype
total genetic material in cell; all the cell’s DNA; all viruses’ DNA or RNA
genome
any factor affecting the expression of the phenotype other than the genes
eenvironment
functional unit of genetic information is the
gene
segment of DNA in cells which contains the coded information that determines the kinds of RNA
genes
all genes make blank
RNA
pathway from DNA to RNA to protein is gene expression
central dogma
bonds holding nucleotides together
phosphodiester bonds
DNA is usually blank stranded compared to RNA with blank
two , one
covalent bonds between the 3’ hydroxyl of one sugar a and a 5’ hydroxyl of another sugar make up the
sugar phosphate backbone
a virus either has blank or blank but never blank
DNA or RNA, both
DNA and RNA can be blank or blank in viruses
single or double stranded
viral blank can be linear or circular
nucleic acid
most viral genomes have between about blank and blank genes
20 and 100
viral genomes are packed within a protein coat called the blank
capsid
double helix is underwound
negative supercoiling
double helix is overwound
positive supercoiling
supercoiling packs DNA into a small
volume
prokaryotes have between about blank and blank genes
2000, 5000
eukaryotic genomes are always composed of blank DNA
double stranded
eukaryotic genomes are mostly blank with some blank
linear, circular
positively charged bunches that have DNA wrapped around them
histones
naked DNA is blank long
2 nm
nucleosomes are blank long
10 nm
solenoids are blank long
30 nm
nucleosomes, supercoils, and solenoids are part of the blank
eukaryotic genome
origin and is replicated as a unit of DNA
replicon
Archaea can have more than one blank in DNA
origin
type of RNA polymerase that makes the primer
DNA primase
DNA blank fills in cracks in DNA strand
ligase
DNA replication starts at the blank site
origin
pieces of primer are added to the DNA in small sections and when they are removed they leave gaps called blank
okazaki fragments
this separates the double stranded DNA into two opposite strands and uses ATP
helicase
DNA blank relieves tension so the replicated DNA does not break before completion
topoisomerase
the job of the primer is to supply a blank group so the main DNA can start being formed from there
hydroxyl