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DNA & Genes lecture WK1 L3 Flashcards

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WHAT ARE NUCELEIC ACIDS?

A

POLYMERS WHICH ARE LONG CHAIN OF NEUCLIOTIDES

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WHAT ARE DIOXYRIBONUCELIS ACIDS?

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

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WHAT ARE RIBONUCELEIC ACIDS?

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SMALLER NUCELEIC ACIDS WHCH ASIST NI PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

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WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF DNA?

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

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WHAT DOES A NUCELEOTIDE CONSIST OF?

A

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

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WHAT ARE THE PURINES?

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ADENINE

GUANINE

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WHAT ARE THE PYRIMADINES?

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CYTOSINE
THYMINE
URACIL

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WHAT ARE DNE BASES?

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CTAG

CYSTOSINE, THYMINE, ADENINE, GUANINE

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WHAT ARE RNA BASES?

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CUAG

CYTOSINE, URACIL, ADENINE, GUANINE

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WHAT IS GENOME?

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ALL THE GENES THAT ONE PERSON HAS

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HOW MNAY PAIRS OF CHROMOSONES DO HUMAN HAVE?

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23

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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF RNA?

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TRABFER RNA
MESSENGER RNA
RIBOSOMAL RNA

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HOW MANY NEUCLEOTIDE CHAINS DOES RNA HAVE?

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1 - NOT DOUBLE HELIX

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WHAT IS RNA ESSENTIAL FUNCTION?

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INTERPRET DNA CODE

DIRECT PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN CYTOPLASM NOT THE NUCLEUS

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WHAT IS THE START CODON?

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AUG

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WHAT ARE THE 3 STP CODONS?

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UAA, UGA UAG

17
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WHAT IS A KARYOTYPE?

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DESCRIPTION OF A PERSONS CHROMOSONES

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WHAT ARE THE FIRST 22 PAIRS OF CHROMOSONES CALLED?

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WHAT IS THE 23RD PAIR OF CHROMOSONES CALLED?

A

SEX CHROMOSONES WHICH DETERMINE GENDER

20
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WHAT CHROMOSONES DO FEMALES HAVE?

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WHAT CHROMOSONES DO MALES HAVE?

22
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A PERSON HAS AN EXTRA SEX CHROMOSONE?

A

KLEINFELTER SYNDROME

23
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A PERSON IS MISSING A SEX CHROMOSONE?

A

TURNER SYNDROME

24
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU HAVE 3 COPIES OF YOUR 23RD CHROMOSONE?

A

TRISOMY 21

DOWN SYNDROME

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WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF TRANSCRIPTION?

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

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WHAT IS THE TRANSLATION PROCESS?

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

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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?

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