Wk. 2 | Replication, Cell Cycle, and Recombination Flashcards
Recombination is a natural process in eukaryotes and prokaryotes to
produce offspring with new genetic combinations (recombinants)
Recombinant organisms are naturally produced in eukaryotes by
sexual reproduction
Recombinant organisms are naturally produced in prokaryotes by
gene transfer through:
- conjugation
- transduction
- transformation
Recombination in sexually reproducing organisms (eukaryotes) occurs via
Crossing over (physical exchange) between chromosomes resulting in a new combo of parental genomes
________ ______ is based on Mendel’s law
Crossing Over
Advantage(s) of Crossing Over
↑ robustness and adaptability of offspring (heteresis)
Heteresis
Hybrid vigor. Mixed individuals are stronger than purebred organisms
How does recombination occur? (3 steps)
- Meiosis: Duplicated homologous chromos line up and cross over
- Recombined duplexes are randomly assorted into gametes. Each gamete contains one set of the recombined parental chromosomes
- The gamete merges with a gamete from other parent carrying its recombined chromosomes resulting in offspring with a recombination of parental genes
Step 1: Meiosis: _____ _______ _______ line up and cross over
duplicated homologous chromosomes
Step 2: ______ ________ are randomly assorted into _______.
Each gamete contains…..
Recombined duplexes, gametes
1 set of recombined parental chromosomes
Step 3:
- The gamete merges with a……..
- resulting in offspring with
a gamete from other parent carrying its recombined chromosome
a recombination of parental genes
Conjugation
- F+ and F- cells conjugate through a ______
- F- cells become F+ as __________________
- Both cells synthesize __________________
- Cells, now both F+ separate
- bridge
- it obtains a copy of F factor
- a complementary DNA strand
Transduction
- __________ ________ ___________ _______ and transfer genetic info
Bacteriophages infect bacterial cells
Bacteriophages play a role in
transduction
Transformation
- Transfer of DNA from __________
- _________ cells take up _____ DNA fragments
- ___________ occurs between ________ and ______
- Unrecombined DNA is ________
- Results in a ____________ ___________ cell
- one organism to another
- Recipient, donor
- Recombination occurs between donor + recipient DNA
- Degraded
- Genetically transformed
DNA Supercoiling
DNA is negatively supercoiled (under winding)
Supercoiling is beneficial because it aids these 2 things by….
Replication and Transcription
by lowering energy required to separate helix
Supercoils are mintained in eukaryotes by
the winding of the helix around histones
Generally, how is DNA replicated?
DNA duplicated from mother cell -> 2 identical copies
During division, each daughter cell gets 1 complete DNA copy
Difference between prokaryotic replication and eukaryotic replication
Prokaryotes: 1 origin of replication
Eukaryotes: Several origins -> several replications happening simultaneously
What is semi-conservative replication?
Half of original DNA is conserved
One daughter cell has original right strand and the other has the original left strand
How is DNA held together?
H bonding and twisting around each other
DNA inside a cell is supercoiled
Before separating, what has to be unwound?
BOTH the supercoils and the double helix