Lesson 1: Introduction to Genetics Flashcards

1
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Genetics came from the word?

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Greek Word Gen, meaning “to become” or “to grow”

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2
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branch of biology that deals with the principles of heredity and variation in all living things

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Genetics

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3
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  • core of biological science
  • impinges on other natural and behavioral sciences
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Genetics

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4
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Examples of Application of Genetics

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  • albinism
  • genetic mutation
  • polyploidy
  • pedigree analysis
  • forensics
  • cancer cells
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5
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Pre-Mendelian Era (5)

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Aristotle
Charles Darwin
Kolreuter
Caspar Wolff
Hippocrates

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6
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Each part of body produces semen which is passed on to offsprings

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Hippocrates

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7
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  • proposed concept of Potentiality (Vital Heat)
  • Concept of Preformation (17th to 18th Century)
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Aristotle (323 BC)

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8
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proposed theory of Pangenesis

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Charles Darwin

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9
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discovered hybrids were intermediate between two parents
Gartner-studied segregating F2 populations in peas

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Kolreuter

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10
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(1733- 1794)- proposed Epigenesis

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Caspar Wolff

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11
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MENDELIAN ERA (Classical Genetics) 1822-1884 (5)

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> Gregor Mendel
August Weismann
Wilhelm Roux (1883)
Hertwig (1875); Fol (1883)
Carl Correns (Germany),Hugo de Vries (Holland), Erich von Tschermak (Seysenneg)

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12
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laid foundation of genetics through his work on garden peas in 1866

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Gregor Mendel

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13
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proposed Germplasm theory

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August Weismann

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14
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discovered role of nucleus in fertilization and cell division

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Hertwig (1875); Fol (1883)

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15
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duplicated Mendel’s experiments and came up with same results

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Carl Correns (Germany)
Hugo de Vries (Holland)
Erich von Tschermak (Seysenneg)

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16
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chromosomes as bearers of hereditary traits in 1883

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Wilhelm Roux

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17
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MENDELIAN ERA (Classical Genetics) 1822-1884 (4) Birth of Genetics

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Cuenot, Bateson, Sanders (1902)
Bateson (1905)
Johansen (1909)
Sutton and Boveri (1903)

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18
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applied Mendelian principles to animals

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Cuenot, Bateson, Sanders (1902)

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19
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coined ‘genetics, zygote, homozygote, heterozygote and allelomorph (allele)

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Bateson (1905)

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20
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Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

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Sutton and Boveri (1903)

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21
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coined ‘gene’ from Darwin’s Pangene

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Johansen (1909)

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22
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Post-Mendelian Genetics: MERGING OF GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY

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Archibald Garrod(1909)
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1910)
Griffith (1927)

23
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published ‘Inborn Errors of Metabolism’ paving the way for the merging of Genetics and Biochemistry

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Archibald Garrod(1909)

24
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discovered genes are arranged in linear array; sex linkage in Drosophila

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Thomas Hunt Morgan (1910)

25
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first to study the nature of the genetic material; called it ‘Transforming Principle’

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Griffith (1927)

26
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MOLECULAR GENETICS (9)

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• McClintock (1931)
• Beadle and Tatum (1941)
• Oswald, Avery, Macleod and McCarty (1944)
• Hershey and Chase (1952)
• Watson and Crick (1953)
• Crick (1956)
• Tjio and Levan (1956)
• Meselson and Stahl (1958)
• Kornberg (1958)

27
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discovered ‘jumping genes’ in corn awarded Nobel prize in 1983

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McClintock (1931)

28
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formulated the ‘One gene, One enzyme’ hypothesis

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Beadle and Tatum (1941)

29
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identified DNA as ‘Transforming Principle’

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Oswald, Avery, Macleod and McCarty (1944)

30
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using Blender Treatment, they identified that DNA is the genetic material of phage T2

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Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase (1952)

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worked out the double helix structure of DNA using the X-ray diffraction data of Wilkins and base composition data of Chargaff

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James Watson and Francis Crick (1953)

32
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Central Dogma of Molecular Biology was established

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Crick (1956)

33
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normal diploid chromosome number in humans is 46

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Tjio and Levan (1956)

34
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demonstrated that DNA replication is semiconservative.

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Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl (1958)

35
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isolated DNA polymerase I from E. coli

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Kornberg (1958)

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MOLECULAR GENETICS (10) Part 2

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Ochoa (1959)
Jacob and Monod (1961)
Nirenberg, Ochoa and Khorana
Gillert (1967)
Nathans and Smith (1970)
Baltimore (1970)
Boyer, Cohen and Berg (1972)
Berg (1972)
Maxam and Gilbert/Sanger (1977)
Cech and Altman (1983)
Watson’s (1988)

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isolated RNA polymerase (Nobel Prize- 1959)

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Ochoa (1959)

38
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proposed the operon model for regulation of gene expression (Nobel prize 1965)

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Jacob and Monod (1961)

39
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Complete genetic code (1966) was established by

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Nirenberg, Ochoa and Khorana

40
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discovered DNA ligase

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Gillert (1967)

41
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isolated the first restriction enzymes

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Nathans and Smith (1970)

42
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identified Reverse transcriptase of RNA tumor viruses

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Baltimore (1970)

43
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developed cloning techniques

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Boyer, Cohen and Berg (1972)

44
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produced first recombinant DNA in vitro

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Berg (1972)

45
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published DNA sequencing techniques

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Maxam and Gilbert/Sanger (1977)

46
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establish existence of catalytic RNAs

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Cech and Altman (1983)

47
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acceptance of job as coordinator of ‘Human Genome Project’

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Watson’s (1988)

48
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In _, , _ and _ introduced an elegant double-helical model for the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA

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James Watson and Francis Crick (1953)

49
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Who is the proponent of The Search for the Genetic Material: Scientific Inquiry

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Thomas Hunt Morgan’s group

50
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two components of chromosomes that became the candidates for the genetic material

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> DNA
proteins

51
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The discovery of the genetic role of DNA began with research by _ _ in _

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Frederick Griffith in 1928

52
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In 1944, ___, ___, ___, announced that the transforming substance was DNA

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Oswald Avery
Maclyn McCarty
Colin MacLeod

53
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Their conclusion was based on experimental evidence that only DNA worked in ____

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transforming harmless bacteria into pathogenic bacteria