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Genetics Flashcards

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Gregor Mendel

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He was a monk and the father of genetics who studied pea plants to create Mendels Laws

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Mendels Laws

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-Law of Dominance
-Law of Segregation
-Law of Independent Assortment

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Law of Dominance

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In a hybrid only the dominant trait is seen, there is no blending of traits

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Law of Segregation

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Alleles separate during meiosis and can come together in different pairings during fertilization

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Law of Independent Assortment

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Traits are usually inherited independently of each other

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Linked Genes

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Genes that often go together like freckles and red hair

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Gene-Chromosome Theory

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Different form of genes are Alleles and can be uppercase (dominant) and lowercase (recessive)

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Locus

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The spot on a chromosome where the gene is located

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Allele

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Different form of the same gene (brown hair/red hair)

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Genotype

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The genetic makeup of a person that you CANNOT SEE (TT, Tt, tt)

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Homozygous Dominant

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TT

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Homozygous Recessive

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tt

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Heterozygous

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Tt

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Phenotype

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The physical appearances we can see due to genes (tall/short)

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Punnett Square

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Used to see the possible allele assortments when crossing two organisms
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Test Cross

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Where you cross an unknows Genotype with a homozygous recessive to figure out that person genes

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Incomplete Dominance

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Both alleles and capitalized because they blend when put together (RW-pink)

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Codominance

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When both alleles are expressed equally because they both appear on the organism

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Sex Linkage

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When diseases or traits are connected to the X or Y chromosome

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Dihybrid Cross

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Tracking two genes with a punnet square

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T.H. Morgan

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Discovered sex-linked chromosomes by studying fruit flies

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Sex Linked Disorders

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-Colorblindness
-Hemophilia
-Muscular Dystrophy

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Frederick Griffith

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Bacteria transformation with “factors” discovered that bacteria share “factors” which were not yet known as DNA

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Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty

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Discovered that “factors” were actually DNA

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Hershey and Chase

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They worked with bacteriophages and discovered that DNA contains genetic information

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Watson and Crick (Rose Franklin)

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They discovered that DNA’s structure is an alpha helix

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Helicase

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Breaks open the two DNA strands

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DNA Polymerase

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Attaches to one strand of DNA and makes a complementary strand

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DNA Transcription

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How RNA is made

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Codon

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a group of three bases Ex. TGC

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Promoter Region

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The beginning of a gene

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What Facilitates RNA Polymerase Binding

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Transcription factors bind to the strand in order to facilitate the polymerase binding

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What you need to do DNA Translation

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Translating the mRNA into a protein you need:
-mRNA
-ribosome
-T-RNA
-amino acids

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How Translation Happens

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The small subunit binds to the first codon, the T-RNA connects to the codon, and the large subunit goes on top. The TRNA corresponds to the codon and has an amino acid on top. A new TRNA comes in and replaces the old one allowing the amino acids to form a polypeptide chain

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Polysomes/Polyribosomes

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Multiple ribosomes translating mRNA at the same time
5’–>3’

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Operon

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A grouping of DNA with the same function in BACTERIA

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Types of Genes in an Operon

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  1. regulator gene
  2. promoter
  3. operator
    4a-c. structural genes
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Regulator Genes of an Operon

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Codes for a repressor protein

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Promoter of an Operon

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Site for RNA polymerase binding

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Operator of an Operon

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On/Off switch for structural genes

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Structural Genes of an Operon

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Code for enzymes to digest lactose (in this case)

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Gene Regulation in Higher Organisms

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-environment
-differential coilling
-transcription factors
-differential mRNA splicing
-epigenetics

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Differential Coilling

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DNA coils are looser so they can be read and tighter so they cannot

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Transcription Factors

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Things that must be in place in order for polymerase binding, if they aren’t there will be no copying of the DNA into mRNA

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Differential mRNA Splicing

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Taking away the introns in a gene code so the extrons are in a better order for different proteins to be made

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Introns

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Regions of DNA that are spliced out because they code for nonsense

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Extrons

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Pieces of DNA that are expressed and that do code for proteins

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Epigenetic Tags

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Groups that bond to genes and can effect how they are expressed (turning them on/off) they are passed down through your genetics

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Genetic Mutation

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A change in DNA

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Chromosomal Mutations

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Mutations in a whole chromosome number or structure

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Gene Mutations

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Mutations in the sequence of a specific gene

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Causes of Mutation

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-random errors
-mutagens

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Types of Chromosomal Mutations

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-translocations
-inversions
-additions
-deletions
-nondisjunction
-polyploidy

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Translocation

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A chunk of information from one chromosome moves to a nonhomologous chromosome

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Inversion

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A chunk of the chromosome gets inverted

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Addition

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Genes get added from a homologous chromosome

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Deletion

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A section of the chromosome is lost/deleted

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Nondisjunction

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Chromosomes don’t separate during meiosis so the child is born with extra or missing chromosomes

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Polyploidy

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A form of nondisjunction in plants where they end up with 3n-5n chromosomes (enlarged fruit) farmers purposely do it using mutagens

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Types of Gene Mutations

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-point mutation
-deletion
-addition
-substitution
-missense mutation
-nonsense mutation
-silent mutation

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Pont Mutation

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A change in a single nucleotide

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Addition/Deletion

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This causes a frameshift and the codons to be read in the wrong groups

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Missense Mutation

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The altered nucleotide causes an altered codon and an altered protein

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Nonsense Mutation

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The altered nucleotide causes for a premature stop codon

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Silent Mutation

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There is no change in the protein

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Barbra McClintock

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She discovered transposons (jumping genes)

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Transposons

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Also known as jumping genes, they cut out and reinsert a piece of genetic information into a different place

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Pedigree Chart

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Allows people to track family diseases
circle = girl
square = guy
dark = has the disease
half dark = carrier

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Sickle Cell Anemia

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-altered hemoglobin
-African people
-die early

70
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PKU

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-cannot break down phenylalanine
-diagnosed with baby urine
-need diet so you don’t get brain damage

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Tay-Sachs

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-cannot break down lipids in brain
-affects jews
-no cure

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Cystic Fibrosis

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-mucus builds up in the lungs
-affects europeans

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Huntington’s Disease

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-DOMINANT
-break down of brain cells and death in 30s/40s

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Down Syndrome

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-extra 21st chromosome
-causes mental and physical abnormalities

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Turner Syndrome

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-girl with only one X (XO)
-undeveloped physical features

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Klinefelters Syndrome

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-XXY
-considered male
-underdeveloped physical features

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Karyotyping

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Getting a picture of someones genes (can include sorting them)

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Amniocentesis

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Extracting amniotic fluid out of the uterus and using the baby skin cells in it to look for disease

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Chorionic Villus Sampling

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Taking a portion of the placenta to look for chromosomal diseases in the baby

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Genetic Counseling

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Someone creates a pedigree chart for the family to explain possible diseases

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Ultrasound

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Blasting soundwaves at the baby in order to develop an image of them

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Fetoscopy

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The camera looks into the uterus and can have an attachment for sample collection

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Types of Genetic Engineering

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  1. Selective breeding
  2. Inbreeding
  3. Outbreeding
  4. Creating mutations
  5. Cloning
  6. Recombinant DNA technology
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How to Create Recombinant DNA

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Extract a bacterias plasmid DNA and replace it with desired gene. Cut it open using restriction enzymes

85
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Plasmid

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A small accessory circle of DNA in a bacteria that is not vital for survival but helps it to survive

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