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1
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Monoallelic expression mechanism is due to what?

A

Altered chromatin structure and differential expression of an antisense RNA transcript
Differential expression of an antisense RNA transcript
Blocking of enhancer by insulator and altered chromatin in gene promoter

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2
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Feeding agouiti mice a diet rich in____ does what?

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Methyl rich nutrients can lead to a change in epigenetic patterns

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3
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Where can RNA interference regulate gene expression

A

Post transcriptionally

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4
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True or false ADAR functions in RNA editing

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True

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5
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What are inherited defects that are due to alterations in the DNA sequence called?

A

Mutations

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6
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An individual with kleinfelters syndrome has what

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A single Barr body

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7
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How many amounts of sequence reads are under taken simultaneously on the illumina platform

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Millions to billions

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8
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True or false A 2-mb location at 15q11-13 silences Angel man syndrome and Prader-Wili syndrome

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False,it doesnt silence, it maps

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9
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Does a Cpg island refers to G followed by a C in the 5’ to 3’ direction?

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Nope

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10
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Where does CRISPR naturally occur and what type of system is it?

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Occurs in bacteria and is apart of the immune system

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11
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True or false, a major issue associated with CRISPR is off targeting

A

True

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12
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As PCR reactions proceed, at one point fluorescence increases. What process explains this

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TAQ man probe molecules are degraded into nucleotides

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13
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Where are XIST transcript levels upregulated?

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On the inactive X chromosome

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14
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True or false
Dicer is the component of the RNAI pathway that confers inheritance of siRNA induced silencing

A

False

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15
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What can CRISPR cas 9 do?

A

It can edit DNA in a wide range of organisms

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16
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I’m a qPCR standard curve does the quality numbers increase or decrease during absolute quantitation assays

A

It increases

17
Q

What’s the function of siRNA

A

Binds directly to the target mRNA to inhibit translation

18
Q

Where are non methylated CpG islands found

A

At promoter sites

19
Q

What does epi mean in the word epigenetics

A

Above

20
Q

What does CRISPR stand for

A

Clustered
Regularly
Interspersed
Short palindromic
Repeats

21
Q

A comparison of the X chromosome and Barr body gene expression can be undertaken using what?

A

Rt-qPCR

22
Q

What are uniform solid colours associated with in cats

A

Both male and female

23
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In nanopore technology, if the analyte going through the pore is DNA, what allows the differentation of each of the four DNA nucleotides as they pass through the pore?

A

Each nucleotide disrupts the current flow to a different level as it passes through the pore

24
Q

Can a molecule of RNA be determined using current sequencing technologies?

A

No

25
Q

True or false
In CRISPR technology, homology-directed repair is applied when attempting to replace a faulty gene with a healthy one

A

True

26
Q

On an illuminated platform, RNA-seq refers to what

A

Sequencing of cDNA

27
Q

what is fold change = to?

A

two to the power of minus delta delta Ct

28
Q

What is one = to?

A

fold value at time 0

29
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What is Zero = to?

A

Delta Ct at time 0

30
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what is calculated values of plus or minus= to?

A

values that can only be observed for delta Ct calculations

31
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what is delta ct = to?

A

Ct target genes minus Ct house keeping gene

32
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What is delta delta Ct = to?

A

Delta Ct sample minus delta Ct calibrator