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Plant Genetics - Genetic Material Flashcards

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Characteristics of Genetic Material

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  1. Contains all necessary info
  2. Replicates accurately
  3. Capable of change
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Genetic Materials consist of….

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DNA - in all living organisms and some viruses
RNA - only in certain viruses

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Chemical Composition of DNA and RNA

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  1. Macromolecule (large)
  2. Polymeric (many similar smaller molecules or monomers) monomers=nucleotide
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What are the “building blocks” of DNA?

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Nucleotides

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What are the 3 parts of nucleotides?

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  1. Pentose (5-carbon) Sugar
  2. Nitrogenous Base (nitrogen containing)
  3. Phosphate group (PO4)
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What is the difference between a DNA and RNA Pentose sugar?

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RNA-Ribose (OH)
DNA-Deoxyribose (H)

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What Nitrogenous Bases are present in DNA?

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Adenine
Guanine
Thymine
Cytosine

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What Nitrogenous Bases are present in RNA?

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Adenine
Guanine
Uracil
Cytosine

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What are purines?

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Nitrogenous Bases that are…
Nine-membered
Double-ringed
2 Types: Adenine and Guanine

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What are Pyrimidines?

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Nitrogenous Bases that are…
Six-membered
Single-ringed
3 Types: Cytosine, Thymine (DNA), Uracil (RNA)

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What makes up a Nucleoside?

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1.Sugar
2. Base
3. Purines

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What makes up a Nucleotides?

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  1. Sugar
  2. Base
  3. Phosphate group
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What is a polynucleotide?

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A chain of nucleotides
5’-3’ polarity

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What are Chargaff’s Rules?

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  1. A/T=1 or G/C=1
  2. (A+T)/(G+C) Varies
  3. (A+G)/(C+T)=1
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What 3 pieces of Info is the Watson-Crick model

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  1. DNA molecule is a polynucleotide chain
  2. Chargaff’s Rule: Amount of A = Amount of T
    and Amount of G = Amount of A
  3. Atomic structure is helical with 2 distinct regularities along the axis of 0.34 nm and 3.4 nm
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What are the main features of Watson-Crick Model?

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  1. 2 polynucleotide chains wound around each other in a right-handed double-helix
  2. 2 strands are oriented in opposite directions (antiparallel) 5’ to 3’(——>) and 3’ to 5’ (<——)
  3. Sugar-phosphate backbones on outside, bases oriented toward the central axis
  4. Bases of opposite strands are bonded together by (weak) hydrogen bonds
  5. Base pairs are 0.34 nm apart. A complete turn takes 3.4 nm with 10 base pairs per turn.
  6. Grooves of unequal size between the sugar-phosphate backbones (allows protein contact with bases)
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Genome

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Chromosomes that contain all the DNA an organism possesses

18
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C value

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Amount of DNA in haploid genome of a species

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Supercoiling

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DNA Twisted in space about its own axis
Looped Domains
-organization
-allows for 10-fold increase in compaction
-Associated with proteins

20
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Eukaryotic Chromosome

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a linear, double-stranded DNA molecule running throughout its length
complex with proteins

21
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Chromatin

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complex of DNA and chromosomal proteins

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What are the two types of chromosomal proteins?

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  1. Histone (most abundant, + charge, H1 H2A H2B H3 H4, highly conserved.
  2. Non-histone (many types, - charge, differ in # and type and control structural roles and folding and packing)
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What are the levels of chromatin packing?

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Nucleosomes connected by linker DNA “ beads on string”
Nucleosomes associate with each other
Formation of loop domains of DNA
Condensation of chromatins
Chromosome shape is formed

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What happens in the first level of packing DNA?

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Nucleosomes connected by linker DNA “ beads on string”
Winding of DNA around histones = nucleosome
DNA wrapped 1 3/4x around an octomer of histone proteins
2 copies of each H2A, H2B, H3, H4
Histone H1, binds to DNA where it joins and leaves the octomer
Condenses DNAQ by 7 fold

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What happens in the second level of packing?

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Chomatin fiber of packed nucleosomes associate with each other

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What happens in the thrid level of packing and what is it’s significance?

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Loop domains of DNA form, 10s-100k base pairs per loop, loops extend from the main chromosome axis
Importance: Condensation and Regulation of gene expression

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Where is the degree of packing highly condensed?

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During mitosis

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Where is the degree of packing the most dispersed?

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During the S phase

29
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What are the two types of chromatin condensation?

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  1. Euchromatin (most common, normal condensation and de-condensation, highly transcribed regions)
  2. Heterochromatin (remains highly condensed, transcriptionally inactive regions such as centromeres, telomeres, and other specific sites)

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