Genetics Flashcards
What is the genome?
What makes up the genome of
1) Bacteria and eukaryotes
2) viruses
All genetic material of microorganism
- DNA chromosomes and plasmids
- DNA or RNA strands
What are chromosomes?
Neatly packaged DNA that contains genes
How do chromosomes come packaged in:
- Eukaryotes
- Bacteria
- protozoa/fungi
- Eukaryotes: Chromosomes in nucleus
- Bacteria: Circular chromosomes/plasmids
- Protozoa/fungi: Chromosome in nucleus/ plasmids
How do:
- Eukaryotes
- Bacteria
Package their chromosomes
- DNA around proteins, in nucleus,
- Diploid or Haploid
- Circular, single, haploid
What is a gene?
What are the three types?
Segment of chromosome that encodes protein or RNA
- Genes that encode proteins
- genes that encode RNA
- Genes that regulate
What is the difference in genotype and phenotype?
Genotype= Genetic makup
Phenotype= What you see
What are nucleotides?
What do they consist of?
Monomers of DNA
- A phosphate group
- A pentose sugar
- a nitrogenous base
How do prokaryote (bacteria) package their genome?
How many origins of replication do they have?
- Single,circular chromosome with multiple plasmids
- one origin of replication
How do eukaryotes package their genome?
How many origin of replication do they have?
- Multiple linear chromosomes with some plasmids (humans do not have plasmids)
- Many origin of replication
How do phosphate groups bind to nucleotides?
What elements make it up?
They are negatively charged
- Phosphorus with 4 oxygen atoms
How many phosphate groups do nucleotides typically have?
3
What is different about the pentose sugar of:
- DNA
- RNA
- DNA: has pentose sugar deoxyribose
- lacks a hydroxyl group
- RNA: Has pentose sugar ribose
How do different nitrogenous bases bind together?
A binds T via 2 hydrogen bonds
G bind C via three hydrogen bonds
What are they different types of nitrogenous bases?
Adenine (A)= purine
Thymine (T)= pyrimidine
Guanine (G)= purine
Cytosine (C)= pyrimidine
How do all the parts of nucleotdes bond together?
Pentose sugar binds directly to nitrogenous base by glycosidic bonds
Phosphate bonds to pentose sugar by phosphodiester bond