DNA And Genome

Question 1

What is a polymer?

Answer 1

A repeating unit

Question 2

What is DNA and what does it stand for?

Answer 2

Biological molecule, Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

Question 3

What are genes?

Answer 3

Sections of DNA that code for a protein

Question 4

What does each gene code for?

Answer 4

A sequence of amino acids, those amino acids get strung together in something called protein synthesis, once they form a chain they fold forming a protein

Question 5

What is a genome?

Answer 5

Entire genetic make up of an organism

Question 6

How many genes are in a human genome, and who made the discovery and when?

Answer 6

21k genes, Human Genome Project in 2003

Question 7

How else did the human genome project help?

Answer 7

Understand inherited diseases and causes of communicable diseases e.g bacteria

Question 8

How does genome help have an understanding of ancestors?

Answer 8

Tracing genomes away from common ancestors - shows migration patterns