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DNA STRUCTURE Flashcards

1
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He established the basic principle of heredity

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Gregor Mendel

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2
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He hypothesized that there is a “FACTOR” that can change a harmless bacteria into a harmful one

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Frederick Griffith

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3
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discovered that the “transforming factor”is the DNA

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Oswald Avery

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4
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Austrian biochemist, analyzed the proportion of the nitrogenous bases in the DNA of various species

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Erwin chargaff

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5
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Percent of adenine, thymine. Percent of cytosine and guanine.

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31, 19

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6
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DNA is the genetic material present in bacteriophages

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Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase

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7
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Studied the structure of DNA using the xray

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Rosalind Franklin and Maurice wilkins

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8
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Pearl of science

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DNA

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9
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Article that describe the structure of the DNA as a double helix

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Francis Crick and James Watson

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10
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DNA is made up

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Nucleotides

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11
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Deoxy means

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Without oxygen

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12
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Four nitrogenous bases

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Cytosine, guanine, thymine, adenine

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13
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Pyrimidine always pair with _ that was observed by chargraff

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Purine

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14
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Described as double helix

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DNA

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15
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Body cell contains about

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20 to 25k genes

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16
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Series of process involved in the production of protein

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Protein synthesis

17
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Process that should be done properly and precisely

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Mutations

18
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Two types of mutations

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Gene and chromosome

19
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Part of chromosome is deleted

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Deletion

20
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Chromosome became longer due to segment attached

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Duplication

21
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Attached reverse orientation

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Inversion

22
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Chromosomes interchange

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Translocstion

23
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Make up fail to Separate during meiosis

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Nondisjunction

24
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Replacement of nucleotides. Affects gametes or a sex cell

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Point mutations or substitution

25
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Substitution in the amino acid of a protein

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Missense mutation

26
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Stop codon was added

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Nonsense mutations

27
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Happens when one or a few nucleotides pairs in the DNA are deleted

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Frameshift

28
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Causes of mutations

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Exposure to high energy radiation.
Excessive exposure to chemicals

29
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Person with mild to severe mental retardation.

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Down syndrome or trisomy 21

30
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Sterile person with sex organs that do not develop

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Turner syndrome

31
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Abnormal body structure

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Klinefelter syndrome

32
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High pitched cat like cry, delayed development

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Cri du chat syndrome 5p- syndrome

33
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Premature aging condition. Adult like appearance

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Progeria

34
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Lamin

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Family of proteins

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