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L1: Overview Flashcards

1
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The time period when animals were first domesticated

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8000 BC - 1000 BC

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The time period when plants were first cultivated

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5000 BC

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Argued that active humors in the body served as bearers of hereditary traits

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On the Seed of the Hippocratic treatise

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4
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Proposed that the male semen contained a vital heat capable of producing offspring of the same form as the parent

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Aristotle

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5
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Studied reproduction and proposed the theory of epigenesis

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William Harvey

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A theory stating that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that eventually transform the egg into an adult

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Theory of Epigenesis

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A theory stating that the fertilized egg contains a complete miniature adult called a homonculus

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Theory of Preformation

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Proposed the cell theory which states that all organisms are composed of cells derived form preexisting cells

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Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann

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Disproved the idea of spontaneous generation

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Louis Pasteur

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10
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Formulated the theory of natural selection

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Charles Darwin

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Formulated and proposed independently natural selection which is based on the observation that populations tend to contain more offspring than the environment can support

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Alfred Wallace

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12
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Published a paper in 1866 showing how traits were passed from generation to generation in pea plants and how traits are inherited

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Gregor Mendel

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Independently formulated the chromosome theory of inheritance

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Walter Sutton
Theodor Boveri

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14
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A theory stating that inherited traits are controlled by genes residing on chromosomes faithfully transmitted through gametes, maintaining genetic continuity from generation to generation

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Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

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15
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Published experiments showing DNA was the carrier of genetic information in bacteria

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Oswald Avery
Colin Macleod
Maclyn McCarty

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16
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Described the structure of DNA and were awarded a Nobel Prize in 1962

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James Watson
Francis Crick

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17
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Used to cut any organism’s DNA at specific nucleotide sequences, producing a reproducible set of fragments

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Restriction Enzymes

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18
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The use of recombinant DNA technology and other molecular techniques to make products

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Biotechnology

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19
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The transfer of heritable traits across species using recombinant DNA technology creates […]

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transgenic organisms

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20
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When was Dolly the sheep cloned via nuclear transfer?

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1996

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21
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When did the Human Genome Project begin?

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1990

22
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Branch of biology that deals with heredity and variation

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Genetics

23
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Classically defined as a unit of heredity

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Genes

24
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A segment of DNA with information to produce a functional product

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Genes

25
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The 4 important macromolecules

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  • Nucleic Acids
  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Lipids
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The largest macromolecule found in living cells

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DNA

27
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The building blocks of DNA

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Nucleotides

28
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The characteristics of a cell depend on the types of […] it makes

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proteins

29
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The entire collection of proteins that a cell makes at a given time

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Proteome

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4 functions of proteins

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  • shape and structure
  • transport of ions and molecules
  • biological motors
  • cell-cell recognition and signaling
31
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[…] accelerate chemical reactions and are a particularly important category of proteins

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Enzymes

32
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The 4 nitrogenous bases of DNA

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  • Adenine
  • Thymine
  • Guanine
  • Cytosine
33
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A three-base sequence which specifies one amino acid among 20 possible choices

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Codon

34
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The process of using a gene sequence to affect the characteristics of cells and organisms

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Gene Expression

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Gene Expression

Step 1:
The DNA sequence within a gene is copied into a nucleotide sequence of RNA

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Transcription

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Gene Expression

Step 2:
The sequence of nucleotides in an mRNA provides the information to produce the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide

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Translation

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Gene Expression

Step 3:
A polypeptide […]

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folds into a three-dimensional structure

38
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Gene Expression

Step 4:
The functioning of proteins largely determines […]

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cell structure and fuction

39
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Any characteristics than an organism display

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Traits

40
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4 levels of biological organization in observations and theories

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  • Molecular
  • Cellular
  • Organism
  • Population
41
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Differences in inherited traits among individuals within a population

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Genetic Variation

42
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Heritable changes in the genetic material that may alter the expression or function of a protein that a gene specifies

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Gene Mutations

43
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Refers to the effects of environmental variation on an individual’s traits

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Norm of Reaction

44
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A human genetic disease that prevents individuals from breaking down phenylalanine in foods

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Phenylketonuria

45
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Two copies of a chromosome are called […] of each other

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homologs

46
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Field of Genetics

Examines the relationship between the transmission of genes from parent to offspring and the outcome of the offspring’s traits

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Transmission Genetics

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Field of Genetics

Studies how the genetic material works at the molecules level

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Molecular Genetics

48
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Field of Genetics

Explains the prevalence of certain alleles within populations of individuals

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Population Genetics

49
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2 reasons why model organisms are used for experiments

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  1. Genetic mechanisms were the same in most organisms
  2. The model organisms had characteristics that made them especially suitable for genetic research
50
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The 7 model organisms discussed

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  • Escherichia coli
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Danio rerio
  • Mus musculus
  • Arabidopsis thaliana

Genetics (8 decks)

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