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Introduction to Genetics Flashcards

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Transmission genetics

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Transfer of genetic information from parents to offspring; understand and predict how traits are inherited

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Molecular genetics

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deals w/ DNA and the genome; understanding gene structure, expression and function; Central Dogma

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What is the genetic material in eukaryotes and prokaryotes? What is the genetic material in some viruses?

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Eukaryotes and prokaryotes: DNA

Some viruses: RNA

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Genome

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an organism’s full DNA sequence, or the DNA or RNA sequence of a virus

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What is DNA composed of and look like?

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two chains each made of nucleotides composed of a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a base; a double helix

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What are the four bases in DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine

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What base is replaced in RNA and what is it called?

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In RNA, Uracil replaces Thymine

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Genes

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specific base sequences passing traits from parents to offspring

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How is genetic material in cells organized?

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into chromosomes

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What is the difference between how DNA is organized in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

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In prokaryotes, DNA is in a singular, circular chromosome.

In eukaryotes, DNA is either in the form of chromosome in a nucleus or in a circular molecule in an organelle.

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Endosymbiosis theory

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Organelles appeared from prokaryotes; Ex: mitochondria and chloroplast

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Chromosome

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composed of DNA and protein; circular in prokaryotes and linear in eukaryotes

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Centromere

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constricted part of a chromosome that holds together two chromatids

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Nucleosomes

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DNA packaged efficiently in a chromosome, coiled around molecular spools

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Each nucleosome is composed of eight proteins called?

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Histones

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Chromatin

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DNA + associating nucleosomes

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Ploidy

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number of sets of chromosomes

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N

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chromosome set

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1N

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1 set of chromosomes; haploid organisms have this

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2N

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2 sets of chromosomes; diploid organisms have this

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Do haploid or diploid organisms have homologous pairs of chromosomes?

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Diploid; 2 versions of each chromosome, 1 from each parent

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How many chromosomes do the human species have? How many pairs of autosomes and how many pairs of sex-determining chromosomes do humans have?

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46 total chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex-determining chromosomes

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Diploscapter pachys

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a worm; “a single chromosome”; hasn’t had sex in 18 million yrs

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Oxytricha trifallax

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cilliate; “16,000 chromosomes”; organism that builds itself a new genome every time it has sex

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What are the two examples of organisms that are polyploid?

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Strawberries and salamanders

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Polyploid

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more than 2 sets of chromosomes

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How much data does a strawberry store?

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200 Terabytes

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Central Dogma

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transfer of instructions stored in DNA (genotype) into proteins that perform physical action and make physical form (phenotype)

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What are the steps to Central Dogma?

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  1. DNA replication
  2. Transcription (DNA ->RNA)
  3. Translation (RNA->proteins)
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Reverse transcription

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cDNA is made from a RNA template; cDNA has no introns compared to regular DNA

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Population genetics

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Change in genetic information among individuals over generations; understand and predict trait/gene evolution within populations

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Quantitative genetics

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deals w/ quantitative traits, which are phenotypes that vary continuously (such as height or mass)

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What are the four sources of variation in DNA?

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Mutations, recombination, selection, epigenetics

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Mutations

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heritable changes in genetic material

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Recombination

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exchange of genetic material; produced by enzymes that cut and rejoin DNA molecules

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Selection

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favoring particular gene combinations in a given environment

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Epigenetics

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changes in phenotype in the absence of any underlying change in the DNA sequence

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Genetic maps

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sites of genes (loci) on chromosomes, and genetic distances between them calculated from recombination in experimental crosses; show whether genes w/ related functions are on the same chromosome; useful in cloning and genome sequencing

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Desirable qualities for an experimental organism (model organism) include:

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  1. well-known genetic history
  2. short life cycle (generations can be studied in little time)
  3. large number of offspring per mating
  4. ease of growing and handling
  5. marked genetic variation

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