Theme 2d Flashcards

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What happens in the G1 and G2 phases

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Synthesis of proteins, RNA, metabolites and other DNA
Duplication of chromatids and centrioles between phases

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What happens in the s phase

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DNA replication

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What happens in the M phase

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Mitosis

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4
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What happens in cytokinesis

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Cell division

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5
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What is the G0 phase

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Resting phase, exits cell cycle

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What does progression of the cell cycle depend on

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Activation of cyclin-dependant kinase

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What are the 3 check points of the cell cycle

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1) G1/S (DNA damage checkpoint)
2) G2/M (DNA replication checkpoint)
3) M (mitotic spindle checkpoint)

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What is an oncogene

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Positive regulators of cell cycle (gain of function)
Gene amplification

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What is a tumour suppressor gene

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Negative regulators of cell cycle (loss of function)

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What are homologous chromosomes

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Maternal and paternal pair of chromosomes
Have the same number and order of genes but alleles are different

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Mitosis look at textbook

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What happens in binary fission

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-begins at origin
-cell elongated and bacterial chromosome separates
-cell splits in half
-mitosis evolved from this

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After meiosis how are the chromosomes attached

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By a protein structure called the synaptonemal complex

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What happens after meiosis one (reductional division)

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Number of homologous pairs of chromosomes is reduced from 2 in the parental cell to 1 in the daughter cell (haploid but 2 chromatids per chromosome)
Sister chromatids are not identical due to crossing over

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What happens during mitosis 2

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Same as mitosis 1 but centromere and sister chromatids separate during anaphase 2
Result is 4 cells with haploid number of chromosomes (1 chromatid per chromosome that are not identical) due to crossing over and random assortment

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16
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Germline vs somatic mutations

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Germline: inherited (occurs in gametes)
Somatic: not inherited (occurs in any other cell)

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What is a base substitution mutation

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Single nucleotide change

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What is an insertion mutation

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One or more base pairs added in sequence during DNA replication resulting usually in a frame shift mutation

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What is a deletion mutation

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One or more base pairs skipped during replication (frame shift mutation)

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What is the difference between transition and transversion mutations

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Transitions: purine to purine or pyrimidine to pyrimidine
Transversions: purine to pyrimidine or pyrimidine to purine

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What is a missense mutation

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Causes a change in amino acid

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What is a nonsense mutation

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Sense codon changes into a stop codon

23
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What is a silent mutation

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Codon change doesn’t change amino acid

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What is a frameshift mutation

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Insertion or deletion of base pairs that changes the reading frame

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What is a large scale deletion mutation
Loss of genes
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What is a duplication/amplification mutation
Increasing dosage of genes
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What is a translocation mutation
Interchange of genetic parts from non homologous chromosomes
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What is an inversion mutation
Reversing orientation of a segment of the chromosome
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What are base analogs
Mimic bases and incorporates into DNA (can cause mispairing during replication)
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What is the wildtype allele
Normal form of the gene
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Loss of function vs gain of function mutant alleles
LOF: reduce/eliminate gene function/expression GOF: enhance gene expression
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What is an allele
Different forms of a gene (sequence variation)