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Chapter 13 Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Flashcards

1
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In_______, Watson and Crick introduced a model for _______

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1953, DNA

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2
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Hereditary information is encoded in

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DNA

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3
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The role of DNA was worked out by studying_______ and the _______ that infected them

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Bacteria, viruses

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Discovery of genetic of DNA began with research by _______ in _______

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Frederick Griffith, 1928

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5
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Griffith mixed heat heat killers remains of pathogenic strain with harmless strain and some living cells became pathogenic. He called this_____

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Transformation

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Chargaff’s Rules

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The base composition of DNA varies between species

In any species the percentages of A and T bases are equal and the percentages of G and C bases are equal

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7
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Franklin used ______ to determine the molecular structure of DNA

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X-ray crystallography

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Watson and Crick SemiConservative Model of Replication

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Predicts that when a double helix replicates, each daughter molecule will have one old strand derived from the parent molecule and one newly made strand.

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Conservative model

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Two parent strands rejoin

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Dispersive model

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Each strand is a mix of old and new

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Replication begins at sites called _________, where the two DNA strands are separated, opening up a replication bubble

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Origin of replication

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12
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At each end of the bubble is a _________, a Y shaped region where the parents strands of DNA are being unwound

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Replication fork

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13
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Helicases

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Are enzymes that untwist the double helix at the replication forks

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14
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Single strand binding proteins

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Bind to and stabilize single stranded DNA

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15
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Topoisomerase

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Relieves the strain caused by tight twisting ahead of the replication fork by breaking, swiveling, and rejoining DNA strands

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16
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The initial strand is a short RNA

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Primer

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17
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DNA polymerase cannot initiate_______ of a polynucleotide, they can only add nucleotides to an already existing chain base paired with the template

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Synthesis

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18
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The enzyme_______, starts an RNA chain with a single RNA nucleotide and adds RNA nucleotides one at a time using the parent DNA as a template

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Primase

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19
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The new DNA strand will start from the

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3’ end of the RNA primer

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20
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Enzymes called_________, catalyze the elongation of new DNA at a replication fork

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DNA polymerases

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21
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The rate of elongation is about _____ nucleotides per second I’m bacteria and ______ per second in human cells

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500,50

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22
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dATP is

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Used to make DNA and is similar to the ATP of energy metabolism

The difference is in the sugars: dATP has deoxyribose and ATP has ribose

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23
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As each monomer nucleotide joins the DNA strand,

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It loses two phosphate groups as a molecule of pyrophosphate

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24
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Newly formed DNA strands must be formed _______ to the template strand

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Antiparallel

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25
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DNA polymerase add nucleotides only in the free 3’ end of a growing strand. Therefore a new DNA strand can only elongate in the

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5’ to 3’ direction

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Leading strand

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DNA polymerase synthesizes moving toward the replication fork

27
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To elongate the other new strand, the ___________, DNA polymerase must work in the direction away from the replication fork

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Lagging strand

28
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The lagging strand is synthesized as a series of segments called

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Okazaki fragments

29
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After formation of Okazaki fragments, DNA polymerase removes

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The RNA primers and replaces the nucleotides with DNA

30
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The remaining gaps are joined together by

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DNA ligase

31
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The proteins that participate in DNA replication form a large complex

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DNA replication machine

32
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__________ proofread newly made DNA, replacing any incorrect nucleotides

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DNA polymerase

33
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In________ of DNA, other enzymes correct errors in base pairing

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Mismatch repair

34
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For linear DNA, the usual replication machinery cannot complete

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The 5’ ends of daughter strands

35
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Repeated rounds of replication produce shorter DNA molecules with

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Uneven ends

36
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Eukaryotic chromosomal DNA molecules have special nucleotide sequences at their ends called

A

Telomeres

37
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Telomeres typically consist of

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Multiple repetitions of one short nucleotide sequence

Telomeres do not prevent the shortening of DNA molecules but they do postpone it

38
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An enzyme called_________ catalyzes the lengthening of telomeres in __________

A

Telomerase, germ cells

39
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Telomerase is not active in most

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Human somatic cells

40
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In a bacterium, the DNA is supercoiled and found in a region of the cell called the

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Nucleoid

41
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A complex of DNA and protein found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells

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Chromatin

42
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Proteins called________ are responsible for the first level of DNA packing in ________

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Histones, chromatin

43
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Four common types of histones

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H2A, H2B, H3 and H4

44
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A__________ consists of DNA wound twice around a protein core of eight histones, two of each of the main histone types

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Nucleosome

45
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The condensed chromatin is called___________, leas compacted chromatin is called

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Heterochromatin, euchromatin

46
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization

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The base pairing of one strand of a nucleic Acid to another complementary sequence

47
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Genetic Engineering

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The direct manipulation of genes for practical purposes

48
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Plasmids

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Small circular DNA molecules that replicate separately from the bacterial chromosome

49
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Recombinant DNA

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Result of inserting foreign DNA into a plasmid

50
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Production of multiple copies of a single gene

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Gene cloning

51
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The plasmid that carries the cloned DNA is called

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Cloning vector

52
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Bacterial Restriction Enzymes

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Cut DNA molecules at specific DNA sequences called restriction sites

53
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A restriction enzyme usually makes many cuts yielding

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Restriction fragments

54
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Sticky ends

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Cleaves DNA in a staggered manner. Sticky ends can bind with other complementary sticky ends

55
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Gel electrophoresis

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Separates a mixture of nucleic Acid fragments based on length

56
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Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Can produce many copies of a specific target segment of DNA

57
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The key to Polymerase Chain Reaction is an unusual heat stable DNA polymerase called

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Taq Polymerase

58
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Once a gene is cloned, complementary base pairing can be used to determine the genes complete nucleotide sequence in a process called

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DNA sequencing

59
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Purines

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Two carbon nitrogen ring bases

Adenine and Guanine

60
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Pyrimidines

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One carbon nitrogen ring bases

Thymine and Cytosine

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