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Introduction to Cytogenetics and It's History Flashcards

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study of heredity and variation

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genetics

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it is the difference in genetic sequence

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variation

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what is the study that refers to the transmission of traits and biological aspects from one generation to another?

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heredity

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three (3) primary sources of genetic variation

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(1) mutations
(2) sex
(3) gene flow

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areas of genetics

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(1) classical genetics
(2) molecular genetics
(3) evolutionary genetics

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classical genetics is based on:

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mendel’s law of:

(1) law of dominance
(2) law of segregation

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mendel’s law

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(1) law of dominance
(2) law of segregation
(3) law of independent assortment

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molecular genetics is based on:

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central dogma of molecular genetics

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evolutionary genetics is based on:

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natural selection by charles darwin

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matching type: areas of genetics

mendel’s principle

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classical genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

structure of dna

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

quantitative genetics

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evolutionary genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

meiosis and mitosis

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classical genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

chemistry of dna

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

hardy-weinberg equilibrium

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evolutionary genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

sex determination

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classical genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

transcription

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

assumption of equilibrium

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evolutionary genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

sex linkage

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classical genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

translation

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

evolution

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evolutionary genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

chromosomal mapping

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classical genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

dna cloning and genomics

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

speciation

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evolutionary genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

cytogenetics (chromosomal changes)

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classical genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

control of gene expression

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

dna mutation and repair

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molecular genetics

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matching type: areas of genetics

extrachromosomal inheritance

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molecular genetics

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mid 1800s discoveries

the theory of evolution by natural selection

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the origin of species

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mid 1800s discoveries

published the origin of species, where theory requires heredity to work

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charles darwin (1859)

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mid 1800s discoveries

published experiments in plant hybridzations, which lays out the basic theory of genetics

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gregor mendel (1866)

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mid 1800s discoveries

isolated nucleic acid from pus cells

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friedrich miescher (1869)

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mid 1800s discoveries

proved that the genetic material is needed located in the nucleus

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ernst haeckel (1871)

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major events in the 20th century

rediscovery of mendel’s work

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carl correns, hugo de vries, and erich von tschermak (1900)

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major events in the 20th century

discovered that alkaptonuria is a genetic human disease

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archibald garrod (1902)

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major events in the 20th century

coined “gene”

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wilhelm johannsen (1902)

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major events in the 20th century

  • discovered linkage between genes
  • coined “genetics”
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william bateson (1904)

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major events in the 20th century

  • discovered the science of genetic linkage
  • coined “epistasis”
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reginald punnett & william bateson (1910)

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more 20th century events

  • proved that genes are located in chromosomes through fruit flies (drosophilia)
  • first discovered chromosomal differences between a male and a female
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thomas hunt morgan (1910)

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more 20th century events

  • began the study of quantitative genetics by partioning phenotypic variance into a genetic and an environmental component
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ra fisher (1918)

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more 20th century events

showed x-ray mutations through fruit flies

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hermann j. muller (1926)

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more 20th century events

  • showed that dna can transform bacteria, demonstrating dna is the hereditary material
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oswald avery, colin macleod, and maclyn mccarty (1944)

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more 20th century events

determine the structure of dna molecule, which leads directly to knowledge of how it replicates

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james watson and francis crick (1953)

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more 20th century events

solves the genetic code, showing the 3 dna base codes for one amino acid

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marshall nirenberg (1966)

45
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more 20th century events

dna base codes for one amino acid

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a - adenine
c - cytosine
g - guanine
u - uracil

46
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more 20th century events

  • an enzyme found in retroviruses used in cloning genes
  • makes dna and rna template
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reverse transcriptase (1970)

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more 20th century events

first to create a recombinant dna molecule

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paul berg (1972)

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more 20th century events

combined the dna from two different species in vitro then transforming it into bacterial cell (first cloning)

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stanley cohen and herbery boyer (1972)

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more 20th century events

introduced the process of sequencing the genome of a bacteriophage

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frederick sanger (1977)

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more 20th century events

invented the polymerase chain reaction (pcr)

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kary mullis (1983)

51
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more 20th century events

to sequence and map the genome of man

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the human genome project (1990)

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more 20th century events

successfully cloned dolly the sheep

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ian wilmut and keith campbell (1996)

53
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more 20th century events

sequence of the entire human genome

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2003

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