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Exam 1: Intro to Genetics, Intro to DNA, Mendel's Laws, etc Flashcards

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1
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Name features of Model Organisms

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-Short reproductive cycle
-Give birth to lots of offspring
- Low maintenance
-Easy to observe phenotypes

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What is the primary structure of DNA?

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Deoxyribonucleotides

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What is the secondary structure of DNA

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  • Double Helix
    -Hydrogen bonds + base pairs
  • Antiparallel complementary DNA strands
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What is a nucleotide?

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the building block of nucleic acids
-> phosphate, ribose sugar, base

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What is a pyrimidine?

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a 1 ring base

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What are examples of pyrimidines?

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Cytosine, thymine, uracil

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What is a purine?

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double ring base

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What are examples of purines?

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Adenine and Guanine

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What charge does DNA have?

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Negative charge

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Explain Chargaff’s base pairing Ratio Rule

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%Adenine = % Thymine
% Guanine = %Cytosine

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How do you distinguish between:
-double strand DNA
-single strand DNA
-RNA

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Double strand: true Chargaff ratios
Single strand: A= 2T and C=3G
RNA: Uracil present

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12
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How many hydrogen bonds with A-T?

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2 H bonds

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13
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How many hydrogen bonds with G-C

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3 H bonds

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What was a piece of evidence that gave proof that the structure of DNA was a double helix?

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Photo-51 by Rosalind Franklin (Xray photography)
X shape in photo= double helix

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Name and describe the three types of Secondary DNA Structures

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A Form- very compressed
B Form- in the middle
Z form- Very stretched

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Describe Griffith’s Transformation Experiment

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S- strain= smooth colony- fatal
R- strain= rough colony- not fatal

Living R and heat killed S was injected into a mouse, it died and alive S strain was found in the mouse.

A completely destroyed S strain didn’t effect mice. No conclusion drawn until Avery and MacLeod and McCarty’s

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Describe Avery and MacLeod and McCarty’s experiment

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-Like Griffith’s experiment, but in test tubes
-Get bacteria transformation to work
-Then, test the heat killed smooth cell extracts by removing one type of molecule at a time

Only the DNase treated cells didn’t transform into S cells= DNA is the required transforming material!

Nothing from carbohydrates, RNA, proteins

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Describe the Hershey Chase Phage Labeling experiment

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-Labeled Phage DNA with 32 P
-Labeled Phage protein 35 S

When the phage infected the cell, and was knocked off, only the labeled DNA infected the cell with 32 P, while the bacteriophage labeled with 35 S didn’t successfully infect the cell

Conclusion: DNA (not protein) is the genetic material, sufficient information molecule.

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Describe the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

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-RNA genome
- Has a hollow protein coat
-Rosalind Franklin worked with these to show that the viral RNA was single stranded

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Describe the Fraenkal-Conrat and Singer Experiment

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-Viruses will self assemble
-Mix and match protein coat from RNA core
Conclusion: RNA is the information molecule!

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21
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Describe the Meselson and Stabl experiment

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-Label E.coli with heavy/light isotope of Nitrogen
-Separate newly replicated DNA using density centrifugation

The first generation was in the middle, and then the second was in the middle and top, showed that replication was Semi-conservative

22
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Describe the three models of DNA replication

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conservative: just copied the whole thing
Semi-conservative: One strand is old, one is new
Dispersive: just certain pieces are new

23
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What are the four steps of DNA replication?

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  1. Primer Synthesis
  2. Elongation
  3. Primer removal and gap filling
  4. Ligation
24
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What does Primase do?

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  • An RNA polymerase

-makes a short primer that creates a double stranded biding place for DNA Pol 3
- Also provides the 3’ OH for nucleotide addition

25
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Describe Step 1: Primer Synthesis
(DNA replication)

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Primase enzyme synthesizes an RNA primer (10-12 nucleotides long) complementary to DNA template strand

26
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Describe Step 2: Elongation
(DNA replication)

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DNA Pol3 adds deoxyribonucleotides to the 3’ OH end of RNA primer

27
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What is the Leading Strand (DNA?)

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Continuous Replication of DNA
-DNA Pol 3 can keep moving in the 3’ direction

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What is the Lagging Strand (DNA?)

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Discontinuous Replication of DNA
-On this strand DNA Pol 3 makes “Okazaki fragments”
The process has to wait for the replication fork to open and primase to add a primer, DNA Pol 3 can only add onto the 3’ OH group

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Describe Step 3: Primer Removal and Gap Filling (DNA replication)

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5’ to 3’ exonuclease:
-DNA Pol 1 removes RNA primers
-Then Pol 1 replaces RNA with DNA

30
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Describe Step 4: Ligation (DNA replication)

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DNA Ligase seals up nicks after DNA polymerase has filled in the gaps

31
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What is Helicase?

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An enzyme that opens up DNA helix

32
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What is Topoisomerase “Gyrase”?

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Relieves the tension in the unraveling of DNA

33
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What does the enzyme Telomerase do?

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Generates telomeres
1. Telomerase RNA base pairs w DNA
2. Telomerase extension occurs
3. Telomerase translocated to extended 3’ end
4. Telomerase extends 3’ end of telomere

34
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What are the effects on the human body after the body slows down telomere production?

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-Inflammation
-Mitochondrial dysfunction
-stem cell exhaustion
-Deregulated nutrient sensing

35
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What is an Allele?

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one or more versions of a gene, often depicted with a letter

36
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What is a Genotype?

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The genetic constitution of an organism or virus, typically with respect to one or a few genes.
Written as AA or Aa or aa

37
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How many chromosomes do Humans have?

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46 total

22 pairs plus XX or XY

38
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What is a phenotype?

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The observable properties of a cell or organism resulting from an interaction of the genotype with the environment

39
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What is a monohybrid cross?

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a cross between two parents that differ in a single characteristic.

ex. GG x gg

40
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What is Mendel’s first Law?

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Principal of Segregation- each individual diploid organism possesses two alleles for any particular characteristic, and each allele will segregate randomly to a gamete

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What is genetic dominance?

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When two different alleles are present in a genotype, only the trait encoded by one of them, the dominant allele is observed in the phenotype

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What is Mendel’s second Law?

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Independent Assortment

Alleles from one gene sort into gametes independently of alleles from another gene (as long as the genes aren’t right next to each other!)

43
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What is a dihybrid cross?

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Cross of two traits:
AABB x aaBB

44
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What is the GENOTYPE ratio of a monohybrid cross in the F2 generation?

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1:2:1

45
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What is the PHENOTYPE ratio of a monohybrid cross in the F2 generation?

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3:1

46
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What is the PHENOTYPE ratio of a dihybrid cross in the F2 generation?

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9:3:3:1
1/16 is homozygous recessive

A_B_: aaB_: A_bb: aabb

47
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Why are Sex-Linked Traits a thing?

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Because females have two copies of X chromosomes, while dudes have XY

48
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What is Hemizygous?

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In relation to sex-linked traits, hemizygous only have 1X only have one allele

49
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What is a test cross?

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Mating an individual with the dominant phenotype with an individual expressing a recessive phenotype

50
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What is probability (P)?

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a/n
a= # times an event is observed
n= total # of possible cases

51
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What is mitosis?

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Nuclear division that yields identical genetic content

52
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What is meiosis?

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Two nuclear divisions resulting in 1/2 the genetic content w/ new combination of alleles.

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