DNA

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~Genetic Blue Print
~ the coded message of heredity and gives us our physical and genetic characteristics
~stores information necessary for passing down genetic attributes to future generations

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Function of DNA

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Contains specific sequence of deoxyribonucleotide units

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Polynucleotide

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Complete set of instructions for making an organism (the entire DNA within a cell) is known collectively as its ______

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Genome

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~DNA contained in the 46 chromosomes
~complete set of genetic information
~included coding DNA -protein
~non-coding DNA

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Genomic DNA

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Dense packets of DNA and proteins; they also offer protection

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Histones

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22 matches pairs of autos ones and two sex chromosomes (XX and XY)

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Karyotpe

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DNA is composed of two strands that are linked together through a process called ____

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Hybridization

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A-T

G-C

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Nucleotides and their complementary base

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Genes that make you

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Genotype

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Physical appearance

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Phenotype

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Location on a chromosome where a coding region exists

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Gene locus

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Form of a gene locus or an alternate form of a gene

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Allele

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Two copies of the same allele or form of the gene locus

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Homozygote

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Different alleles or forms of the same gene locus

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Heterozygote

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Locus Vs Loci

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Singular vs Plural

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What are the two purines

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Adenine

Guanine

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What are the two pyrimidines

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Thymine

Cytosine

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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The molecule without the phosphate group

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Nucleoside

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Repeating subunit that makes up a DNA molecule and has three functional groups

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Nucleotides

3functional groups
~base (nitrogenous)
~sugar
~phosphate

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Double Helix

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Watson

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Invented PCR process

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Kary Mullins

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The amount of times a region repeats = name of allele

Ex: if you repeat a region 8 times it will be called 8allele

Ex: if you repeat 9.3 times the region repeated 9 times but stopped on the third base

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Short Tandem Repeats (STR)

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Both allele are the same length

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Homozygote

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Alleles differ and can be resolved from one another

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Heterozygote

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Heteroplasmy is found in ____

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Mitochondrial DNA

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SNP

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Single Nucleotide Polymorphism

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Where are these located/inherited ~STR ~Y chromosome ~Mitochondrial DNA

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~locations within non sex chromosomes ~paternally inherited ~maternally inherited *reverse paternity*

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Any cell other than a germ cell

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Body cell (somatic)

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Same ancestry

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Homologous

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DAE (polymerase chain reaction)

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Denaturation Annealing Extension

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Denaturation

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Break double strands

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Annealing

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Forming bonds Adding nucleotides Bases ATGC More DNA samples

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Extension

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Extend

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Central Dogma

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DNA makes RNA makes protein

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CODIS

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Combined DNA Index System

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Gene on the X chromosome that codes for proteins associated with tooth enamel

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Amelogenin

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NDIS

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National DNA Index System

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SDIS

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State DNA Index System

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LDIS

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Local DNA Index System

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LDIS --> SDIS --> NDIS order that things are entered

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Forensic Software

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Witch Cassidy died ____

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Bolivia

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Didn't obtain credit and discovered crystal structure of DNA

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Rosalind Franklin

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RFLP

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Restriction Fragment length polymorphism