MIDTERM 01 - Nucleotides, Nucleic Acid, and Heredity Flashcards

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Is the transfer of characteristics from a parent organism from generation to generation

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Heredity

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The anatomical structure found in the nucleus which contains the genes

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Chromosomes

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3
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Biochemical carriers of the traits

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Genes

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4
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A collection of genes of an individual

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Genome

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5
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Year when Gregor Mendel noted the inheritance of traits in peas

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1867

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In 1867, __________ noted the inheritance of traits in peas

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Gregor Mendel

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Year when Johann Freidrich Miescher discovered the DNA

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1869

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In 1869, __________ discovered the DNA

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Johann Freidrich Miescher

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Year when WS Sutton proposed the “Chromosome Theory”

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1903

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10
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In 1903, __________ proposed the “Chromosome Theory”

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WS Sutton

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11
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Year when Frederick Griffith noted the transformation in bacteria

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1928

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12
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In 1928, __________ noted the transformation of bacteria

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Frederick Griffith

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13
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Year when Oswald Avery, Collin Mcleod, and Maclyn McCarthy used degrading enzymes to determine the genetic material

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1944

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14
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In 1944, __________, __________, and __________ used degrading enzymes to determine the genetic material

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Oswald Avery, Collin Mcleod, Maclyn McCarthy

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Year when Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase discovered that genetic material of bacteriophage are transferred to bacteria

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1952

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In 1952, __________ and __________ discovered that genetic material of bacteriophage are transferred to bacteria

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Alfred Hershey, Martha Chase

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17
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Are the polymers of nucleotides

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Nucleic acids

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18
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2 types of nucleic acid

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DNA, RNA

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19
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3 components of nucleotide

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Phosphate, Ribose sugar, Nucleotide base

20
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A nucleotide without a phosphate group

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Nucleoside

21
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2 types of nucleic acid base

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Pyrimidine, Purine

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2 examples of purine bases

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Adenine, Guanine

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3 examples of pyrimidine bases

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Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil

24
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Nucleotide bases exhibit __________

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Keto-enol tautomerism

25
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Bonds that connect the base and sugar at 1’ carbon

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β-glycosidic bonds

26
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Bonds that link nucleotides to form nucleic acids

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Phosphodiester bonds

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Direction of the polynucleotide strand

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5’ → 3’

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Year when Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkens had “x-ray pictures” of DNA

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1952

29
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In 1952, __________ and __________ had “x-ray pictures” of DNA

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Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkens

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Year when James Watson and Francis Crick proposed the model of the double helix of DNA

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1953

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In 1953, __________ and __________ proposed the model of the double helix of DNA

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James Watson, Francis Crick

32
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Formulated the “Chargaff rules”; states that the amount of guanine should be equal to the amount of cytosine and the amount of adenine should be equal to the amount of thymine

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Erwin Chargaff

33
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Diameter of the DNA

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2 nm

34
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Distance between two base pairs

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0.34 nm

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3 types of DNA

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B-DNA, A-DNA, Z-DNA

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Refers to the further coiling and twisting of DNA helix

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Supercoiling

37
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Is capable of cutting and rejoining the DNA ends to produce supercoils

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Topoisomerase

38
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Is formed by DNA coiling to a histone octamer and locked by H1 histone protein

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Nucleosome

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A protein that is rich in the basic amino acid Lysine and Arginine; found to be associated with eukaryotic DNA

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Histone

40
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Is formed when nucleosomes form a helical coil

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Solenoid

41
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Protein scaffolding forms the __________

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Chromatin

42
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Is a measure of the base composition of DNA

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Melting temperature (Tm)

43
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As DNA strands separate, absorbance at __________ nm increases

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260 nm

44
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The smallest kind of RNA; carries an amino acid at its 3’ end

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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

45
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A ribonucleic acid found in ribosomes, the site of protein synthesis

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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

46
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A ribonucleic acid that carries coded genetic information from DNA to ribosomes for the synthesis of proteins

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Messenger RNA (mRNA)