10/11-13 Flashcards

1
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Biochemical Pathways has lots of intermediates which allows for lots of

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flexibility and precision, diet flexibility

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2
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many genes have lots diff alleles associated with them. this is called having

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multiple alleles

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3
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having multiple alleles increases __ __

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genetic variation

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4
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increasing genetic variation affects __ __

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phenotypic variation

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5
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the increased genetic and phenotypic variation allows for __ __

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natural selection

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6
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Cline: gradual change in genetic variation due to

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environmental change

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7
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Enzyme variation:
Variation due to

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evolution

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8
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can altitude level affect how the carries for the sickle cell trait are affected

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yes

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9
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altitude level affecting carriers for sickle cell is an example for an __ effect

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environmental

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10
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“G6V”: switch from

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Glutamic acid at position 6 to Valine

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11
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is dominance relative

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yes

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12
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Pleiotropy:

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1 change in a gene causes multi effects in the phenotype of the organism

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13
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under certain conditions, can dominance change

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yes

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14
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is mendelian dominance relative

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yes

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15
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Locus:

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the location (address) of a gene on a chromosome

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16
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When the environment background/ diff _ _ _ changes, the __ __ also changes.

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level of analysis, dominance reltationship

17
Q

sort the following gene pieces from longest to shortest:
base pairs, coding sequence (CDS), mRNA

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base pairs, mRNA, CDS

18
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does environmental effects mean the same thing as epigenetics

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no

19
Q

genes code for

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proteins

20
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proteins affect ___ pathways

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biochemical

21
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do genes interact with other genes

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no

22
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what causes people to say that genes interact with other genes?

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the products of genes interact with and effect biochemical pathways