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DNA is our

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Hereditary material

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What does DNA help understand?

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Hereditary traits and genetic disorders

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What does DNA stand for?

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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How many DNA molecules are there in the nucleus?

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46 DNA molecules in the nucleus

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DNA are polymers of

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Nucleotides

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What do nucleotides consists of…

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  1. Sugar: deoxyribose
  2. Phosphate group
  3. Nitrogen base
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What are purines? And what are included in it?

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Purines are double rings
- adenine (A) & guanine (G) are included in it

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What are pyrimidines? And what are included in it?

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Pyrimidines are single ring

  • cytosine (C) & thymine (T) are included in it
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What is commonly described as a double helix?

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DNA

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What is a double helix?

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“Spiral staircase”

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What is the double helix composed of?

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  1. Backbone= phosphate groups + deoxyribose
  2. Connections between backbones= nitrogenous base
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DNA base pairing:

What pairs with what?

G, A, C, T

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  • A & T
  • C & G
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What pairs the DNA base pairs?

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Hydrogen bonds

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What is chromatin?

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Fine filamentous DNA material complex with proteins

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What is a gene?

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Sequence of DNA nucleotides that codes for one protein

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Describe chromosomes?

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2 parallel filaments of identical DNA; each= sister chromatid

  • joined at centromere
  • kinetochore -protein plaques
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What is an RNA?

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Smaller cousin of DNA (fewer bases)

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Describe RNA structure

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  • One nucleotide chain (not double helix)
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What is the function of RNA?

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Interpret DNA code; makes complimentary copy of DNA that eventually codes for protein

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What types of RNA are there?

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  1. Messenger RNA (mRNA)
  2. Transfer RNA (tRNA)
  3. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
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In RNA, what does ribose replace?

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Ribose replaces deoxyribose

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In RNA, what does uracil replace?

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Uracil replaces thymine

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What is the process of protein synthesis?

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DNA —> mRNA —> protein

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What is the first and second arrow in:

DNA —> mRNA —> protein

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DNA —> mRNA —> protein

First arrow is transcription

Second arrow is translation

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Transcription is...
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Where does transcription occur?
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What is translation?
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Where does translation occur?
Most occurs in cytoplasm
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What does transcription do?
- Copies instructions from DNA to RNA - Opens DNA helix; transcribes bases from 1 strand of DNA into pre-mRNA * ^^^ if C on DNA, G is added to mRNA * ^^^if A on DNA, U is added to mRNA, etc. - Rewinds DNA helix - Pre-mRNA is unfinished
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Describe "nonsense" and "sense" when Pre-mRNA is unfinished (in transcription)
* "Nonsense"= introns removed by enzymes * "Sense"= exons reconnected & exit nucleus = functional mRNA
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Alternative splicing of mRNA
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What does translation do?
-converts language of nucleotides into language of amino acids
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Translation requires the participation of...
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
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Describe tRNA
- one end has anticodon - other end binds one amino acid - each tRNA picks up specific amino acid from cytosol
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What happens during peptide formation?
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Describe protein processing and secreion
- translation is finished when amino acid sequence (primary structure) assembled - to be functional, needs secondary & tertiary structure chaperone proteins older proteins that pick up new proteins, guide them in folding into proper shapes
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What are chaperone proteins?
older proteins that pick up new proteins, guide them in folding into proper shapes
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What are stress or heat-shock proteins?
- proteins produced in response to stress/heat - help damaged protein fold back into correct functional shapes
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What does DNA direct the synthesis of?
All proteins -including enzymes that synthesize non-proteins
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Not all cells make all ____ all the time
Not all cells make all PROTEINS all the time -activators, such as hormones, may stimulate cell to make protein Ex. prolactin to stimulate casein production
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Before cell dividides, it...
it duplicate its DNA so it can give complete copy to each daughter cell
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What are key players in cell replication?
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What is the function of helicase?
Unwind DNA helix & create a replication force
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What is the function of DNA polymerase?
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What is the function of ligase?
Links any unbound nucleotides/helps link DNA strands together
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What are the phases in the cell cycle?
* G1 phase * S phase * G2 phase * M phase * Interphase * Mitosis
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What is the G1 phase and what occurs during it?
G1 phase is the 1st gap phase Ocurrances: * growth, normal cell activity * preparation to replicate DNA
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What is the S phase and what occurs during it?
S phase is the synthesis phase Occurances: -duplication of DNA and centrioles
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What is the G2 phase and what occurs during it?
G2 phase is the 2nd gap phase Occurances: - enzyme synthesis that occur in cell division - repairing of DNA replication error
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What is the M phase and what occurs during it?
M phase is the mitotic phase Occurances: -cell replicates its nucleus, then forms 2 new daughter cells
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What phase(s) occur in interphase?
G1, S, & G2
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What is the longest phase of cell replication?
Interphase
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What are the functions of mitosis?
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What are the phases of mitosis?
* Prophase (early= nucleus condenses - late= nuclear envelope breaks down) * Metaphase (chromosomes line up at midline) * Anaphase (spindle fibers pull sister chromatids to opposite poles of cell) * Telophase (identical sets of chromosomes reach opposite ends of the poles and begin to decondense
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What is cytokinesis?
Division of the cytoplasm
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What is a karyotype?
A picture of a person's chromosomes in order of size * 2 of each pair - one from each parent
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What is inheritance?
Genetic material divided my meiosis
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What is a gamete?
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Each gamete has one of each numbered \_\_\_\_\_
Each gamete (egg or sperm) has one of each numbered CHROMOSOME
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What is a haploid?
One copy of each gene
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What is a zygote?
When sperm and egg merge in fertilization
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What is a diploid?
Two copies of each gene
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What does a diploid lead to?
Genetic inheritance
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What is an allele?
A variation of a gene/trait
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What can alleles be?
Dominant and recessive
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What is a dominant allele?
Trait expressed in body - you can see it ex) eye color
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What is a recessive allele?
A trait expressed in body if there is no dominant to "cover" it up (think i,i in punnet the square) ex) blue eyes
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What are homozygous and heterozygous?
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What is homozygous?
2 identical alleles ex) CC & cc
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What is heterozygous?
Different alleles for a gene (Cc)
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What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
Genotype is what alleles you have in DNA for a trait vs Phenotype being what is expressed on outside of body (ex, cleft or uncleft chin)
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Define multiple alleles
More than 2 allelic forms for trait Ex) 3 alleles for ABO blood types: IA, IB, i
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Define codominant
both alleles equally dominant IA, IB = type AB blood both phenotypically expressed; I recessive to each
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Define incomplete dominance
phenotype intermediate betw/ traits each allele would have produced alone
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What are sex-linked traits?
Traits carried on X & Y chromosomes
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Recessive color blindness allele on \_\_, no gene locus for trait on \_\_, so red-green color blindness more common in ___ (\_\_\_\_ is carrier)
Recessive color blindness allele on X, no gene locus for trait on Y, so red-green color blindness more common in MEN (MOTHER is carrier)
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What are some sex-linked diseases or disorders?
* Duchenne Muscular dystrophy * Fabry disease * ALD * Hemophilia
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What is polygenic inheritance?
Many genes contributing to one phenotype
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What is pleiotrophy?
one gene produces multiple phenotypic effects Ex. Alkaptonuria, Sickle cell disease
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What is penetrance?
The likelihood of a phenotype being expressed off a genotype / What % of a population has a certain gene that actually shows the phenotype
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What plays an important part in gene expression?
Environmental effects
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What is cancer?
Uncontrolled mitosis
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What is a malignant tumor?
Cancer
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Define tumor angiogenesis
Blood vessels growing into tumor
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How are cancers named?
Named for their tissue or origin examples: * carcinoma from epithelial tissues * lymphoma from the lymph nodes * sarcomas in bone

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