Genetic's Flashcards
What is DNA composed of?
phosphate on C5
Deoxyribose -5 carbon Sugar
nitrogenous bases (purines and Pyrmidines) on C1
Purine bases are…
Adenine and Guanine
5 sided linked to 6 sided structure
Pyrimidine bases are…
Thymine and Cytosine
6 sided structure
Adenine binds to
Thymine (or Uracin in RNA) with 2 hydrogen bonds
Guanine binds to
Cytosine with 3 hydrogen bonds
What direction does coding strand run in PCR?
5’ to 3’
DNA vd RNA
RNA contains a ribose sugar
Uracil replaces thymine
RNA is single stranded
What is an exon?
coding region of DNA that is transcribed into mRNA
What is an intron?
intervening regions that do not code for a protein and are removed when mRNA is produced
What is mitosis?
Process of nuclear division
Occurs in somatic cells
results in diploid cells = 2 copies of each chromosome
What is meoisos?
Occurs in gametes
results in haploid cells = one copy of each chromosome
homologous chromosomes undergo recombination = genetic diversity
What is mRNA?
mRNA is transported to the cytoplasm for protein translation
What is tRNA?
transfer RNA - carries the amino acid to ribosome during protein translation
What is rRNA?
Ribosomal RNA - site of protein synthesis
What is transcription?
DNA is transcribed to mRNA
base pairing occurs with anti-sense strand
What is translation?
Occurs on ribosome. tRNA transfers amino acid to match a 3 nucleotide sequence, called a codon, to form a protein
What is a SNP?
a single nucleotide polymorphism
change of single nucleotide base that changes the codon
Synonymous SNP
Change results in same amino acid
Missense
Change results in an Amino acid change