exam 1 Flashcards
define genetics
science dealing with heridity and variation; seeks to discover laws governing similarities and differenced in relation by desent
what are animal genetics?
the study of the principles of inheritance in animals
what is animal breeding?
application of the principles of animal genetics with the goal of improving animals
what is the purpose of animal breeding?
improce the economic efficiency of livestock production genetically
what is the main tool of animal breeding
selection
what does livestock improvement consist of?
changes in shape/structure
change is ________ and ______
important/needed
what is natural selection?
changes in nature without human intervention
what is artificial selection?
happens in livestock/domestic animals due to human intervention
what does natural selction create?(7)
strength, size, intelligence, color, defense strageties, flexibility, and longevity
what did animal domestication allow?
civilization to happen
what type of pathways are there? (3)
commensal, prey, and directed
what is a commensal pathway and an example?
humans help animals, and animals help humans. ex:dogs and cats
what is the prey pathway and an example?
humans kill animals. ex: cattle/sheep/goats
what is a directed pathway and examples?
humans use animals. ex: horses, donkeys, and camalids
robert bakewell lived from ____-____ and was the father of _____ ________.
1725-1795; animal breeding
what concept AND system did he come up with?
purebred concept; in and in mating system
what was the process of the purebred concept? (3 steps)
- set breeding goals
- develop early bull progeny (offspring preformance) test
- develop record system
what are the two possible types of breed development?
- self domestication with human intervention
2. human domestication and human intervention
describe the steps of self dometication/human intervention (5)
- selection of tameness
- limited breeding
- intentional breeding
- trait standardization
- eliminate wild genes
describe the steps in human domestication/human intervention (7)
- control herd movement
- eliminate problems
- selection of tamest
- limited breeding
- intentional breeding
- trait standardization
- eliminate wild genes
genetic selection effects
- __% more milk with __% fewer cows
- swine went from a : ratio to a ___:_ ratio
- wool increased in volume _ times
- laying hens lay __x more eggs
- broilers get to culling size in about ____ the time
- 35; 63
6:1; 2.5:1
4
20
half
what js the central dogma?
dna->rna->protein
what did friedrich miescher do?
isolated chemicals from nuclei of white blood cells in 1868
what did miescher use for his research?
pus from bandages
in ____ Avery made ___-______ bacteria become ________.
1943; non-infectious, infectious
in ____, hershey and chase injected a _____ into ___ to make new _______
1952; virus, dna, viruses
in ____, griffith experimented with a _______ virulent strain and a _____ nonvirulent strain
1928; smooth, rough
if living _ and heat-killed _ combine, _ revives
R, S, S
in hershy and chase’s experiment DNA is labeled ___ and protein as ___
32P; 35S
what did watson and crick discover?
that DNA is a double helix
what does deoxyribose lack?
one oxygen
what is a gene?
a section of the dna
chromosome numbers 1. dog 2. cat 3. cow 4. sheep 5. goats 6. pigs 7. chickens 8. turkeys 9. camels/llamas/alpacas 10. horse 11. donkey 12. mouse 13. rabbit 14. rat 15 human
- 78
- 38
- 60
- 54
- 60
- 38
- 78
- 80
- 74
- 64
- 62
- 20
- 44
- 21
- 23
what type of bond does A and T have? C and G?
double; triple
what did rosalind franklin discover?
dna was coiled and 2 nm wide
dna is the __________ of life.
blueprint
what are nucleotides composed of?
a five carbon sugar, phosphate, and a nitrogen base
what is dna composed of?
a polymer of nucleotides
purine vs pyrimidine bases
purine: larger;A&G
pyrimidine: smaller; C&T
what are the requirements of dna to be genetic material? (4)
- must carry information
- must replicate
- must allow for information to change
- must govern the expression of the phenotype
dna is unwound by the _____.
helicase
what do the enzymes pol3 and pol1 do?
pol3- produces new strands of complementary data
pol1- fills in gaps between newly synthesized okazaki fragments (lagging strands)
what type of replication is dna replication?
semi-conservative replication
what does primase do?
creates RNA primers to start synthesis
what does ligase do?
welds together okazaki fragments
replication is __________
bidirectional
what do telomeres ensure?
the maintenance and accurate replication of chromosome ends
what is topoisomerase?
an enzyme that relaxes supercoils by nicking strands
what is redundory?
basis for repair of errors that occur during replication
enzymes repair __________ damage to ___
chemical; DNA
dna is ________ genetic material
universal