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of chemical letters in Human Genome?

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3 Bilion

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About half of all knowing species are?

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Insects

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Taxonomy?

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names and classifies species

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How does taxonomy assist biologist?

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by categorizing diverse items into smaller and smaller number of groups

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Which domain(s) consist(s) of prokaryotic cells?

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Bacteria and Archaea

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Which kingdom of Eukarya consists primarily of unicellular organisms?

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Protista

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Element? Example

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A substance that cannot be broken down

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What are the four most common elements in living organisms?

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Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen

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Trace Elements? Example

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required small amounts and essential for life (14)

Flourine, Iron Ect.

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Characteristics of atoms of the same element?

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Molecule not a compound

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Where are Protons, Neutrons and Electrons located?

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Protons and Neutrons=Nucleus

Electrons= cloud orbiting nucleus

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Atomic Mass?

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Amount of material in an object

= Protons + Neutrons

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Characteristics of an Atom w/ more Protons than Electrons

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A positive Ion

Cation

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Surface Tension? Example

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The cause of Hydrogen bonds.
the measure of how dificult it is to stretch/break surface of liquid
Water has strong resistance to temp change.

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Evaporation Cooling? Example

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When a substance evaporates and surface liquid remaining behind cools down
Sweat

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Characteristics of Water as it freezes

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Water molecules are moved apart, stable hydrogen bonds

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Solution, Solute, Solvent? Ex

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Solution: homogeneous mixture of 2 or more substances (water and sugar)
Solute: dissolving substance (sugar)
Solvent: dissolving agent (water)

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Hydrophilic Substances?

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“water loving”

adhering water to their surface

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Hydrophobic Substances?

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“water haters”

unable to mix with water

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Types of Lipids?

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Fats:Unsaturated and Saturated
Steroids:Cholesterol
Oils

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Saturated Fats?

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Usually solid, has max # of hydrogens (“Saturated” with Hydrogen)

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Unsaturated Fats?

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Usually liquid, has fewer # of Hydrogen which makes double bonds

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Triglyceride?

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Lipid

one glycerol and 3 fatty acids

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Dehydration Reaction?

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Links two monomers together, and water is given off

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What is Chromatin?
Combination of DNA and Protein
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In which detoxifying organ would you expect to find a large amount of Smooth ER?
Liver
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Organelle that manufactures the components of ribosomes?
Nucleolus
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Function of Lysosome?
Intracellular Digestion
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Function of Golgi Apparatus?
*Protein Modification | Receive, Refine Protein and Ships
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Tay-Sachs disease results from ___?
Lacking of Lysosomes
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What is Enzyme's function dependent on?
Three-dimensional Shape
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Osmosis
Diffusion of Water
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If given a group of words, how would you recognize the enzyme?
--ase ending | Lactose>Lactase
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Definition & Characteristics of diffusion? | Example
Movment of molecules spread evenly into available space proceeds until equilibrium is reached Ex: Passive Transport
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Effects of Hypertonic, Isotonicm and Hypotonic Solution on plant and animal cells?
Hypotonic is when there is a lower concentration of solute & higher concentration of water. Plant:Turgid Animal:Lysing Hypertonic is when there is a higher concentration of solute & lower concentration of water. Plantn& Animal:Shriveled Isotonic is when there is an equal concentration of solute & water. Plant:Flaccid (wilts) Animal: Normal
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Active Transport
Cell expend energy to move molecules across membrane Need energy and transport protein From Low concentration to High concentration Uses ATP
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Equation of Cellular Respiration
Glucose + Oxygen > Carbon Dioxide + Water+ Energy
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Redox Reactions
Electrons are lost (oxidation) from one substance and added/gain (reduction) to another substance cellular respiration: glucose oxidized Oxygen reduced
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3 Electron acceptors & where they can be found
1st= NAD+ found at top 2nd=? Final= Oxygen at bottom
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What reactions take place during glycolysis?
C6 glucose molecule is split in half to form pyruvic acid | donate high energy electrons to NAD+=NADH
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Product(s) of Glycolysis
Pyruvic Acid
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Where in the cell does glycolysis, citric acid, and electron transport chain occur?
G: Cytosol CA: Mitochondria ET: Mitochondria
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of ATP's produce during glycolysis, citric acid and electron transport chain from one molecule of glucose
G:2 molecules of ATP CA: 2 molecules of ATP ET: 32-34 molecules of ATP Total 36-38 molecules of ATP
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NADHs produce during glycolysism citric acid cycle
G: 2 CA:1
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of ATPs produced during aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration
Aeronbic:38 Anaerobic: 2
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Products of fermentation in human muscle cells and microorganisms
Human Muscle: Lactic Acid | Microorganism: Alcohol
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Grana
stacks of membranous sacs, thylacoids
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Equation of Photosynthesis
6 CO2 + 6 H2O → C6H12O6 + 6 O2
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In Photosynthesis Redox Reactions ultimately transfer electrons from ____ to ____?
H2O......CO2
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Light reaction of Photosynthesis converts ____ energy to _____ energy?
Solar to Chemical
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Electron carriers of Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration?
P=NADP+ CR= NAD+
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Calvin Cycle requires ____ & ____ from the light-dependant reactions
ATP and NADPH
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Cell Cycle
Interphase -G1, S Phase, G2 Mitotic phase -Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
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Mitosis and Meiosis
``` P1:Homo cross over M1:Homo line up A1:Homo pair separate T1: 2 cells with sister chromo Prophase:chromosome condensed Metaphase:Chromosomes line up Anaphase: sister chro. split up Telophase:chromo uncoil, cyto, 2 daughter cells ```
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Homologous Chromosome
Matching pairs, carry same gene sequence; same size, shape, color
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Sex Chromosomes of human male and female?
22 autosomes and XX for female; XY for male= 23
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Autosomes
all chromosome in humans exempt sex; 44 or 22 pairs
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Somatic Cell
all body cells except gametes; 46 chromosomes
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Which of the following can be determined by karyotype?
Sex, Down Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, polyploidy
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Karyotype
display of all chromosomes (homologous pairs)
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Haploid and Diploid Cells
Haploid= one set of chromosomes; gametes; 23 | Diploid: 2 sets of chromosomes; 2n; 46
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Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses
M:cross between purebred parents; 1 characteristic D:crossing using 2 characteristics
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True breeding
self fertilized
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Law of Segregation
each pair of alleles separate/segregate independently during the production of gametes
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Dominant Allele
determine's organisms appearance (TT = Tall)
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Recessive allele
no noticeable effect on organism's appearance (Tt=Tall with short trait)
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Homozygous
both alleles are identical (PP or pp)
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Heterozygous
alleles are different (Pp)
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Monomers of DNA and RNA?
Nucleotides
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Backbone of DNA consist of?
a repeating sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate pattern
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DNA double helix is?
made up of two polynucleotide strands
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Bases of DNA and RNA
DNA: A, G, T, C RNA: A, G, U, C
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If adenine makes up 20% of the bases in a DNA double helix, what percent of the bases are guanine?
30%
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In a DNA double helix, adenine pairs with ______ and guanine pairs with ______.
thymine . . . cytosine
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Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Watson and Crick
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Evidence for the spiral nature of DNA came from ______.
X-ray crystallography studies
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What type of chemical bond joins the bases of complementary DNA strands?
hydrogen bonds
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During replication, ______ are the enzymes responsible for joining the nucleotides of a new DNA strand together.
DNA polymerases
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The modern phrasing of Beadle and Tatum's hypothesis about relationships between genes and their products is "one gene-one ______."
polypeptide
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What name is given to the collection of traits exhibited by an organism?
phenotype
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Reproductive cloning
replacing nucleus of an egg cell with nucleus of and adult somatic cell, results in birth of new animal.
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Proto-oncogene
normal gene with potential to become genes that cause cancer
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Nuclear transplant
replacing nucleus of an egg cell w/ nucleus from different cell from different adult body
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Embryonic stem cell
from blastocysts lead to all specialized cells in body; can be put in particular culture and generate different parts of body
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Adult stem cell
cells in adult tissue and replace some of body's cells (can use for medicine)
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Regeneration
regrowth of lost body parts (lizard tail)
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Oncogene
genes that cause cancer
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Therapeutic cloning
to produce embryonic stem cells
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You are attempting to link an individual to a crime. The only evidence you have is a tiny drop of blood. How can you use this drop of blood to make the association
You can use PCR to increase the amount of DNA available for restriction fragment analysis.
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The world's first genetically engineered pharmaceutical product was ______.
Humulin
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Restriction enzymes are obtained from ______.
bacteria | Sticky ends" are produced as a result
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When plasmids are used to produce a desired protein, the ______.
Desired gene is inserted into the plasmid and the plasmid is taken up by the bacterium.
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The process of making multiple copies of a gene by inserting it into a host genome and culturing the host is called ______.
Gene cloning

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