DNA Repair And How Mutations Occur- Exam IV Flashcards
Cellular synthesis of new daughter strands of DNA from a parental strand during the S phase of the cell cycled needed for cell division:
DNA replication
Change in DNA sequence from a parental strand to a daughter strand :
DNA mutation
Results in altered gene expression, splicing or altered proteins, generated from the mutated DNA sequence:
Function DNA mutations
Division of the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, involving condensation of the DNA into visible chromosome, and separation of the duplicated chromosome to form two identical sets.
Mitosis
Special type of cell division that occurs in sexual reproduction. It involves to two successive nuclear divisions with only one round of DNA replication, thereby producing haploid cells from a diploid cell
Meiosis
Changes in the nucleotide sequence of a chromosome that caused disease:
Gene mutation that is responsible for disorders
List the single base pair substitutions that may or may not result in disorders: (5)
- Deletion
- Insertions
- Substitution
- Silence
- Missense
An identifiable segment of DNA sequence with a known physical location on a chromosome and enough variation between individuals.
Genetic marker
The inheritance and co-inheritance of alleles of a given gene in genetic markers can be:
Traced
Can help link an inherited disease with the responsible genes:
Genetic markers
DNA segments close to eachother on a chromosomes tend to be:
Inherited together
Used to track the inheritance of a nearby gene that has not yet been identified but whose approximate location is known
Genetic markers
Genetic markers are used in:
Linkage analysis
Variation between individuals in a population at specific nucleotides in their DNA sequence
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
DNA sequence variants of a gene:
Alleles
Mechanisms by which deaminated and depurinated nucleotides are repaired:
Base excision repair
Mechanisms by which pyrimidine dimers are repaired:
Nucleotide excision repair
Formed during homologous recombination which allows DNA strands to switch partners between two DNA double helices
Holiday junction
DNA is under constant pressure to _____ in its DNA sequence
Acquire changes
Most changes in DNA are repaired before they become:
Stable part of DNA passed on to daughter cells
When mutations occur in somatic tissues:
They CANNOT be inherited
Although mutations in somatic tissues CANNOT be inherited, they CAN:
Give rise to diseases such as cancer
When mutations arise in the DNA of gametes:
They will be passed on to the offspring
List the chromosome disorders that can cause genetic disease: (5)
- Rearrangements
- Translocations
- Deletions
- Insertions
- Duplications