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Lecture 5 Flashcards

1
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Evolution requires

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Variation

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Polymorphism

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Resulting in mimics by the species, occurs in areas of overlap

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Evolution is impossible without

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Variation

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Genotype gives rise to

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phenotype

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5
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Genotypic differences are partily responsible for

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phenotypic differences

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Phenotype can also be influenced by

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Enviorment

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Mutation is responsible for

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differences in genotypes

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8
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Mutation gives us

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Variation

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9
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Genome of all organisms consits of

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DNA

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DNA is

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A serise of nucleotide base pairs

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11
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Base pairs are

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a purine and a pyriminde

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Purines are

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Adenine and Gyanine

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Pyrimidines are

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Thymine and cytosine

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14
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DNA ladder

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Phosphate is the backbone, base pairs are the rungs

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15
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DNA varation

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Varys greatly amoung organisms, genome size doesnt corilate with complexity

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16
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Chromosome

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One long DNA molecule coiled

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17
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Gene

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Sequence of DNA that is transcribed into RNA

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18
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RNA is translated into

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Protine

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19
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Locus

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site on a chromosome occupied by a particular gene

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Exons

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Gene segments that code for a protine

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21
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Introns

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Noncoding segments that occur between exons

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Codon

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3 basepairs of RNA, codes for specific protine

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23
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Amino acids

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Building blocks of protines

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24
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How many possible codons and amino acids

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64 codons, 20 amino acids, genetic code is redundant

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3 codons are

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stop codons

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Alleles

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Different forms of a gene

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27
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Alleles can code for

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different phenotypes of the same trait like fur color

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28
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Alleles identified by

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phenotype effect, but not all alleles have a phenotype effect

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29
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Haplotype

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Particular DNA sequence that differers by one or more mutations from homologous sequence

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30
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Genetic markers

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Detectable mutations that geneticits use to recognize specific regions of chromosomes or genes

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31
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Mutation

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Alteration of a gene or chromosome and its product, DNA can be damaged by chemical and physical events

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32
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Mutations result in

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change in base pair sequence, many changes are repaired by DNA polymerase

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33
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DNA polymerase

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proof reading enzyme

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34
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Germline cell

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Sex cells

35
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Mutations only occur in

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a single cell of a single organism

36
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If mutation is in the germ line

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it can give rise to a single gamete with that mutation, if its a precursor to germ line several gametes may carry the mutation

37
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Initilly the mutation is

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carried in very small proportion to population

38
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Mutations can become

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Fixed in the population due to natural selection or genetic drift

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Fixed

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carried by almost the whole population

40
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fixed genes represent

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the current wild type

41
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most mutations do not

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become fixed

42
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Mutations must happen in —— to be passed on

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germ line cells

43
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Varriation arises from 2 sources

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point mutations and sequencing changes arising from recombination

44
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Point mutations are

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single changes in DNA

45
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sequence changes are

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whole sequences of DNA changed all at one

46
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Mutations can have a phenotypic effect if

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the occur in genes that encode molecules involved in transcription/translation, regulatory DNA regions, and protein encoding regions

47
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Recombination

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shuffles existing, makes new allele combos

48
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Base pair subsitutions

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maps to a signle locus, offten restricted to a single base pair, can be transition or transversion

49
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transition

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A substitution of a purine for a purine G for A or a pyrimidine for a pyrimidine T for C, this is more likely than transversion

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Transversion

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a substitiution for a purine for a pyrimidine G for C

51
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Synonymous mutations

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Have no effect on the resulting amino acid, polypeptide, or protein

52
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Nonsynonymous mutations

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Result in amino acid substitution, codon changes substantially

53
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DnDs ratio

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Number of nonsynonymous mutations divided by number of synonymous mutations, can be used as indicator for natural selection

54
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DnDs < 1

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Most nonsynonymous mutations are deleterious and removed by purifying selection

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DnDs= 1

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Nonsynonomous and synonymous mutations are evolving largely neutrally

56
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DnDs>1

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many of the nonsynonomous differences between the species were fixed by positive selection

57
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Frameshift mutation

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insertion or deletion, resulting polypeptide is useually greatly altered, protine non functional

58
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Insertion

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a single base pair is inserted

59
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deletion

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a single base pair is deleted

60
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Recombination

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a normal process where genes are exchanged between chromosomes during meiosis

61
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Unequal crossing over

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When 2 chromosomes are not perfectly aligned, results in tandem duplication in one chromosome and deletion in the other, can range in size from single bp to whole segment

62
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unequal crossing over usually occurs in

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areas that already has tandem repeats, generate a large number of nonfunctional sequences, increases total length of dna

63
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mutation is the ultimate sourse of

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variation

64
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another contribution to variation is

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gene mixing through segregation and recombination durring meiosis, shuffles existing variation to create new gene combos

65
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Non sexually reproducing organisms

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horizontal gene transfer creates new gene combonations

66
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without sources of variation

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evolution wouldnt be possible

67
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Effects on mutation are variable, depend on

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where in the genome the mutation happens and the phenotypic trait that is affected

68
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Pleiotrophy

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multiple traits could also be effected

69
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Rates of mutation are

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difficult to measure due to mutations being synomyous and death or carriers

70
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Rates will be different in

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protein coding vs non protine coding regions

71
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We used to rely on changes in phenotypes for rates of mutation

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now we rely on DNA sequences

72
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each human carrys around — mutations

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73
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mutation is a

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random process, not all loci regions are equally mutable tho

74
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The process of mutation is

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stochastic rather then deterministic, we can determine probability of mutation occurring but we cannot predict which of a large number of gene copies will undergo mutation

75
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Chance of a particular mutation will occur is not influenced by whether or not

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the organism in an environment in which that mutation would be advantageous

76
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Mutation rates may be elected by certain stressful environments but

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environment cannot elect advantageous mutations

77
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Karyotype

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a description of the complement of chromosomes, includes number, size, shape, and internal arangement

78
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Aneuploidy

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unbalanced chromosome complement, usually results in inability or poor development

79
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Polyploidy

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changes in whole sets of chromosomes

80
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diploid

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organisms with 2 entire sets of chromosomes

81
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polyploid

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organism with more then 2 sets of chromosomes

82
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Triploid zygots produce

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aneuploid gamets, usually produce few offspring as result

83
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Gametes of different ploidy levels may produce

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different zygots that are 6N, 8N, ect

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Polyploid may result in

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instantaneous speciation, opens the possibility of multiple origins for a single species

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