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1
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How many chromosomes do most Eukaryotes have in their body cells?

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10-50.

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How many chromosomes do humans have?

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46 chromosomes in 23 almost identical pairs.

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What is a karyotype?

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A particular array of chromosomes in an individual organism.

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4
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What is diploid?

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2 complete sets of chromosomes.

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What is Haploid?

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One set of chromosomes.

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What are chromosomes made of?

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Chromatin.

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What makes up chromatin?

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DNA and protein.

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What else is associated with chromosomes?

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RNA during RNA synthesis.

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9
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What are 2 types of chromosomes?

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  1. Heterochromatin
  2. Euchromatin
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What are heterochromatin chromosomes?

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Ones that are compressed and not expressed (turned off, not accessible)

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What are euchromatin chromosomes?

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Chromosomes that are loose and expressed (turned on, accessible).

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What is a nucleosome?

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A complex of DNA and histone proteins.

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13
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What do histone proteins do?

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Promote and guide coiling of DNA

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What are histone core proteins?

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Proteins that act as a bobbin for the DNA to wrap around.

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What are histone link proteins?

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It holds the DNA on the core protein (kind of like a crimp bead).

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What is the most compact form of DNA?

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Chromosomes.

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17
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How are chromosomes organized for replication?

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Each sister chromatid is held together by proteins in an x shape to keep them organized before they are moved to the new cell.

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18
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What do chromosomes look like before and after replication?

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Before each chromosome is composed of a single DNA molecule and after each is composed of 2 identical DNA molecules.

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19
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What 3 things are required for DNA replication?

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  1. Something to copy
  2. Something to do the copying
  3. Building blocks to make copy
20
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What are the three things that are used for DNA replication?

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  1. Parental DNA molecule
  2. Enzymes
  3. Nucleotide triphosphates
21
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What are 3 stages of DNA replication?

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  1. Initiation - replication begins
  2. Elongation - new strands of DNA are synthesized by DNA polymerase
  3. Termination - replication is terminated
22
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What nucleotide bases are linked in DNA double helix?

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CG and AT

23
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What is a DNA polymerase?

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A protein that matches existing DNA bases with complementary nucleotides and links them.

24
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What are common features of polymerase?

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  1. Adds new bases to 3 prime end of existing strands
  2. Synthesizes in 5’-3’ direction
  3. Requires a primer of RNA
25
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How do DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase work together?

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The RNA polymerase makes the primer and the DNA polymerase extends the primer.

26
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What model does Prokaryotic replication use?

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E. coli model.

27
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What is the E. coli model of replication?

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Starts with a single circular molecule of DNA. Replication begins at the origin of replication and proceeds in both directions around the chromosome.

28
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What are the 3 DNA polymerases in E. coli?

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  1. DNA polymerase 1
  2. DNA polymerase 2
  3. DNA polymerase 3
29
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What is DNA polymerase 1?

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Acts on lagging strand to remove primers and replace them with DNA.

30
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What is DNA polymerase 2?

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Involved in DNA repair processes.

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What is DNA polymerase 3?

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Main replication enzyme.

32
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What do all three polymerase have?

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3’-5’ exonuclease activity.

33
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What is 3’-5’ exonuclease activity?

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Proofreading oved the DNA.

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What does DNA polymerase 1 also have?

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5’-3’ exonuclease activity.

35
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What is 5’-3’ exonuclease activity?

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It goes back and removes the RNA primers.

36
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What are helicases?

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Enzymes that use energy from ATP to unwind DNA.

37
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What are Single-stand-binding (SSBs) proteins?

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Enzymes that coat DNA strands to keep them apart. (keeps the DNA from going back to the double helix form.)

38
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What are topoisomerases?

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Enzymes that prevent supercoiling (gets rid of knots and twists in the DNA).

39
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What is DNA gyrase?

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The topoisomerase involved in DNA replication.

40
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What is a replication fork?

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The partial opening of the DNA helix.

41
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What is DNA primase?

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The RNA polymerase that makes RNA primer.

42
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How many directions can DNA polymerase synthesize in?

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1.

43
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What is the leading strand in DNA replication?

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The strand that synthesizes continuously from an initial primer.

44
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What is the lagging strand in DNA replication?

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The strand that synthesizes discontinuously with multiple priming events.

45
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What are Okazaki fragments?

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DNA fragments on the lagging strand.

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