DNA & Genes lecture WK1 L3 Flashcards

1
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WHAT ARE NUCELEIC ACIDS?

A

POLYMERS WHICH ARE LONG CHAIN OF NEUCLIOTIDES

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WHAT ARE DIOXYRIBONUCELIS ACIDS?

A

LARGEST NUCLEIC ACID CONSISTING OF BILLIONS OF NUCELOTIDES WHCH CARRIES THE GENETIC CODE

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3
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WHAT ARE RIBONUCELEIC ACIDS?

A

SMALLER NUCELEIC ACIDS WHCH ASIST NI PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

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4
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WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF DNA?

A

WOUND INTO THIN THREADS (CHROMATIN) THAT WINDS AND COILS AROUND HISTONE PROTEIN

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5
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WHAT DOES A NUCELEOTIDE CONSIST OF?

A

PHOSPHATE GROUP
SUGARS (DNA - DEOXYRIBOSE / RNA - RIBOSE)
NITROGENOUS BASE

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6
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WHAT ARE THE PURINES?

A

ADENINE

GUANINE

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7
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WHAT ARE THE PYRIMADINES?

A

CYTOSINE
THYMINE
URACIL

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WHAT ARE DNE BASES?

A

CTAG

CYSTOSINE, THYMINE, ADENINE, GUANINE

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WHAT ARE RNA BASES?

A

CUAG

CYTOSINE, URACIL, ADENINE, GUANINE

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10
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WHAT IS GENOME?

A

ALL THE GENES THAT ONE PERSON HAS

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HOW MNAY PAIRS OF CHROMOSONES DO HUMAN HAVE?

A

23

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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF RNA?

A

TRABFER RNA
MESSENGER RNA
RIBOSOMAL RNA

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13
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HOW MANY NEUCLEOTIDE CHAINS DOES RNA HAVE?

A

1 - NOT DOUBLE HELIX

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14
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WHAT IS RNA ESSENTIAL FUNCTION?

A

INTERPRET DNA CODE

DIRECT PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN CYTOPLASM NOT THE NUCLEUS

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15
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WHAT IS THE START CODON?

A

AUG

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16
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WHAT ARE THE 3 STP CODONS?

A

UAA, UGA UAG

17
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WHAT IS A KARYOTYPE?

A

DESCRIPTION OF A PERSONS CHROMOSONES

18
Q

WHAT ARE THE FIRST 22 PAIRS OF CHROMOSONES CALLED?

A

AUTOSOMES

19
Q

WHAT IS THE 23RD PAIR OF CHROMOSONES CALLED?

A

SEX CHROMOSONES WHICH DETERMINE GENDER

20
Q

WHAT CHROMOSONES DO FEMALES HAVE?

A

XX

21
Q

WHAT CHROMOSONES DO MALES HAVE?

A

XY

22
Q

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A PERSON HAS AN EXTRA SEX CHROMOSONE?

A

KLEINFELTER SYNDROME

23
Q

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A PERSON IS MISSING A SEX CHROMOSONE?

A

TURNER SYNDROME

24
Q

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU HAVE 3 COPIES OF YOUR 23RD CHROMOSONE?

A

TRISOMY 21

DOWN SYNDROME

25
Q

WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF TRANSCRIPTION?

A

TAKE PIECE OF DOUBLE STRANDED DNA AND TURN IT INTO SINGLE STRAND OF MESSENGER RNA IN THE NUCLEUS

26
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WHAT IS THE TRANSLATION PROCESS?

A

RNA GOES OUT OF NUCLEUS INTO NUCLEAR PORE AND SITS IN CYTOPLASM
MESSENGER RNA CONVERTS INTO PROTEINS

27
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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OR RNA IN THE BODY?

A

MESSENGER RNA

TRANSFER RNA

28
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WHAT IS A SET OF THREE BASES CALLED?

A

A CODON