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Cytology Flashcards

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1
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How many chromosomes does. Humans somatic cells have

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46

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How many chromosomes in a humans sex cells

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23

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How many chromosomes does a dogs comatic cells have

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78

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Chromosomes in a rabbits somatic cells

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44

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Chromosomes in a mouses somatic cells

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40

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What is the genetic material found in chromosomes call? Give short version as well

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA

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7
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What 3 things are found in all living things

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Sugar,phosphate, and nitrogen

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What is the only molecule in the world capable of duplicating itself

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DNA

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9
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How many nitrogen bases are there

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4

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How many base pairs and genes are found on your chromosomes

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3 million base pairs and 100,000 genes

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11
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How can a protein be changed

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By altering the amino acids

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12
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2 types of nucleic acids

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) and DNA

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13
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What are the functions of RNA

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RNA acts as a messanger that carries information from DNA to the nucleus to organeless im the cytoplasm

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What is the function of nucleic acids

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They hold hereditary materials

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Name 15 amino acids

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Valine (val), tyrosine (tyr), tryptophan (try), threonine (thr), serine (ser), proline (pro), phenylalanide (phe), methionine (met), lysine (lys), leucine (leu), histidine (his), glycine (gly), glutamic acid (GluA), cysteine (cys), asparatic acic (AsA)

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15
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What are genes

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Genes are the units of hereditary in the chromosome

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Is the dna of anyone the same

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17
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What are mutations

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18
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What are chromosomes and where are they found

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19
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How many diferent amino acids are there

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20
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How can proteins be formed

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21
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What is the basic unit of nucleic acid, what are these composed of

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22
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Who wwre the first scientists to discover DNA?

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23
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Name the 4 nitrogen bases

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24
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When was the model of dna comfirmed

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25
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If you uncoiled your dna how far would it stretch

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26
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What are the complimentary pairs

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27
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What are two notrogen pairs

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