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Application of genetics

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*Plant and animal improvement
*Medicine
*Genetic engineering
*Legal application / forensic
*Genetic counseling

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Statistical analysis

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*Chi square
*Standard deviation
*Mean

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3
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Commonly used for testing relationships
between categorical variables

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Chi square

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tells how far a set of numbers lie apart

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Standard Deviation

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5
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Average that is used to derive the central tendency of the data in question

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Mean

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6
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Factors that increase the odds of having twins

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*Advancing age of mothers
*Number of previous pregnancies
*Hereditary
*Race
*Assisted reproductive techniques

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7
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Developed from 2 different egg cells fertilized by 2 different sperm cells producing two genetically unique children

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Fraternal or Dizygotic twins

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developed from one (ovum) that producing two babies with exactly the same genetic information

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Identical or Monozygotic twins

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Types of twins

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*Identical or Monozygotic twins
*Fraternal or Dizygotic twins

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10
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Methods of genetics

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*Pedigree analysis
*Karyotyping
*Planned experimental breeding
*Twin studies

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11
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Types of hypotheses

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null and alternative

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12
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used to detect chromosomal abnormality

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karyotyping

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13
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makes use of symbols as representation of the members of the family

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Pedigree analysis

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14
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branches of genetics

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A. Cytogenesis
B. Molecular genesis
C. Behavioral genetics
D. Population genetics
E. Classical genetics

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15
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solved the structure of DNA

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James Watson and Francis Crick

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also contributed to the discovery of DNA

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Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

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17
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Award that James Watson received

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1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material

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What and when did James Watson and Francis Crick discovered something

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structure of DNA in the X- ray crystallography “photo 51” of Rosalind Franklin and indicated that DNA had a helical structure (cork-screw)

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James Watson was born on

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April 6, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Rosalind Franklin was born on

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July 15, 1920 London, England

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Rosalind Franklin died on

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April 16, 1958 London, England

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best known for her contribution to the discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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Rosalind Franklin

23
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Discovered a mutation that affected fly eye color & observed that the mutation was inherited differently by male and female flies.

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for his discoveries on the role of chromosomes on heredity

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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*Established the chromosomal theory of inheritance

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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*He used fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) eye color mutations to demonstrate sex-linked inheritance patterns

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

28
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3 European botanists who rediscovered Mendel’s laws in 1900

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HUGO DE VRIES (1848–1935), CARL CORRENS (1864–1933), and ERICH VON TSCHERMAK-SEYSENEGG (1871–1962)

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When and where did William Bateson popularized “genetics”

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1906, 3rd international conference of plant hybridization in London, England

30
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William Bateson is born on

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August 8,1861 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England

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William Bateson died on

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February 8,1926, London, England

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British biologist, who applied Gregor Mendel’s work to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution

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William Bateson

33
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When did William Bateson coined the term “genetics”

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In this book, Darwin argues that evolution takes place through a process called natural selection.

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On the Origin of Species

35
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process by which organisms better suited for adaption to their environment survive, while those that are poorly suited to their environment do not.

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Natural Selection

36
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Charles Darwin is born on

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Feb.12, 1809, Shrewbury, Shropshire, England

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Charles Darwin died on

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April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent

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Established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry

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Charles Darwin

39
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When was On the Origin of Species published

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Gregor Mendel was born on

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July 22,1822 in Heinzendorf Bei Odrau, Austrian Empire

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Gregor Mendel died on

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January 6,1884 in Brno (Brünn), Austria-Hungary

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His experiment on pea plants (Pisum sativum) conducted between 1856-1863 established many rules of the heredity, now known as Mendelian Laws of Inheritance

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Gregor Mendel

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