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Chapter 6 : Transmission Genetics And The Sources Of Genetic Variation Flashcards

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Alleles

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Different variants of the same gene

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Amino acids

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Chromatin

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DNA wound around proteins called histones

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Chromosomal deletion

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Entails the loss of a large section of a chromosome

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Chromosomal duplication

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Occurs when a section of a chromosome is duplicated

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Cis regulatory elements

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Affect genes at nearby sites on the same chromosome

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Codons

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Three-base Sequences

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Crossing-over

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The physical exchange of segments of DNA on homologous chromosomes

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Distribution of fitness effects

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Dominant

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Epigenetic inheritance

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Heritable across mitosis from one cell generation to the next or even across meiosis from one organismal generation to the next

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Exons

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Stretches of DNA that code for protein products

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Frame shift mutation

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When an insertion or deletion does not occur in a multiple of three nucleotides

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Gametes

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Sex cells

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Gene

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Sequences of DNA that code for functional products

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Genetic code

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Genotype

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Heterozygotes

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Diploid individual with two different alleles at a locus are referred

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Histones

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Homozygotes

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Diploid Individuals with copies of the same allele at a locus

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Incomplete dominance

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Can arise with heterozygote generates an intermediate phenotype

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Introns

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Stretches of DNA that do not normally encode proteins

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Inversion

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Involves a 180° flip in a section of a chromosome

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Law of independent assortment

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States that which allele is passed down to the next generation at one locus, is independent of which allele is passed down to the next generation at another locus

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Law of segregation

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States that each individual has two gene copies at each locus and that these gene copies segregate during gamete production, so that only one gene copy goes into each gamete

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Locus

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Location of gene copies in the genome

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Meiosis

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Process that begins with a single diploid cell. One round of DNA

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Nonsense mutation

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When a base substitution creates a stop codon where there was not one previously

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Nonsynonymous mutation

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When a base change specifies the production of a different amino acid

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Promoter

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A short DNA sequence before the transcribed part of the gene

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Recessive

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Regulatory elements

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Stretches of DNA that influence the rate at which RNA molecules are transcribed from DNA

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Synonymous mutation

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When a base change does not alter the amino acid that a codon specifies, silent mutation

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Trans regulatory elements

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Modify the expression or activity of genes on a different chromosome

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Transcription

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Process where a complementary and antiparallel strand of RNA is synthesized from a strand of DNA

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Transition

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When a purine is replaced by a purine or when a pyridine is replaced by a pyridine

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Translation

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Translocation

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Mutation in which a section of one chromosome moves to another chromosome

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Transmission Genetics

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Mechanisms by which genes are passed from parents to offspring

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Transversion

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When a purine replaces a pyrimidine or when a pyrimidine replaces a purine

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How did the discovery of particulate inheritance resolve a serious concern about Darwin’s theory?

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Why is the genetic code said to be degenerate?

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How does an understanding of DNA, amino acids, and proteins help us understand the evolution of life?

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What is transmission genetics, and how does our understanding of this topic affect the way that we study the process of evolution?

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How does mutation generate genetic variation, and how do mutations affect the evolutionary process?

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What is blending and how does it affect variation?

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Blending is a disproven idea that genes “blend” together. If it were true, then variation would be lost/consumed.

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What are the four nitrogenous bases that are in DNA?

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What does ribosomal RNA do?

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What does transfer RNA do?

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Enhancers

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Regulatory elements that increase the rate of transcription

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Silencers

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Regulatory elements that decrease the rate of transcription

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What cellular processes cause segregation and independent assortment of alleles?

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What would cause an exception to segregation and independent assortment of alleles?

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Whether the loci is linked

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What are the sources of genetic variation?

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Sex, migration, mutation

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Fusion

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Chromosomes fuse

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Fission

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Chromosomes break apart

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Point mutation

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Single nucleotide substitution or change

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Polyploidy

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More than 2 copies of all chromosomes; common in plants

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Insertion

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New base pairs included into DNA strand

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Deletion

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Base pairs are deleted

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