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Autosomes

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Chromosomes that do not determine a persons sex

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Centromere

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The part of a chromosome that holds sister chromatids together

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Chromatids

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Strands of replicated chromosomes

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Mitosis: Interphase

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before mitosis when cells are growing, replicating DNA and carrying out daily functions

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Mitosis: Prophase

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Nucleus is still in tact, chromosomes are condensing. thickening and becoming visible

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Mitosis: Metaphase

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Nucleus is disassembled, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

M = Middle

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Mitosis: Anaphase

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Sister Chromatids are split apart moving to opposite sides of the cell.

A = Away

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Mitosis: Telophase

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New Nuclei form around split apart chromosomes. Cytokinesis begins.

T = Two new cells

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Prophase 1

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Chromosomes condense, crossing over occurs. (chromatids share information with the other in its pair)

46 chromosome pairs, 92 chromatids

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Metaphase 1

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Homologous pairs of 2 chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.

46 chromosome pairs, 92 chromatids

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Anaphase 1

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Chromosome pairs of 2 split apart and taken to opposite sides of the cell.

23 chromosome pairs, 46 Chromatids

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Telophase 1

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Nuclei form and cytokinesis begin.

23 chromosome pairs, 46 chromatids

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Prophase 2

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No crossing over, 23 chromosome pairs condense.

23 chromosome pairs, 46 chromatids

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Metaphase 2

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23 chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.

23 chromosomes, 46 chromatids.

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Anaphase 2

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23 Chromosome pairs are pulled apart to opposite sides of the cell.

23 chromosomes, 23 chromatids on either side. Haploid (n)

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How many Chromosome pairs, and individual chromatids.

Meiosis: Telophase 2

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Nuclei form and cytokinesis begins.

23 chromosomes, 23 charomatids. Haploid (n)

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Nondisjunction

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When a cell receives too many or too few chromosomes during cell division

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Polyploidy

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An increse in the number of chromosome sets in a cell. Ex: 5n

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triploid

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cells with 3 sets of chromosomes

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tetraploidy

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cells with 4 sets of chromosomes

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aneuploidy

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change in chromosome number that doesnt involve a complete set, just a single chromosome

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monosomy

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loss of a single chromosome

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trisomy

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gain of a single chromosome

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Mendels Law of Segregation

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gametes only carry one allele for a gene.

Gene pair: HhSs —–> gamete gets one allele from each gene pairs ex: HS or Hs

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Mendels Law of independant assortment
Alleles are not linked. Organisms can have any mixture or combination of the genotypes
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Incomplete Dominance
The dominant allele is not completely expressed. Ex: R=red flower r=white flower, if the genotype pair is Rr, the flower would be pink.
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Codominance
The alleles work together. Ex, B= black chicken b= white chicken, if genotype pair is Bb, chicken is white with black speckles or black with white speckles.
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Polygenic
Many genes are coded for one specific trait. Ex:AaBBCcdd
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Epistasis
One gene depends on another gene for it to be expressed
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Antigens
Substances that can trigger an immune response if foreign to body
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What blood types have Rh factor?
positive blood types
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What is the genotype for type A blood
Homozygous Dominant: IAIA Heterozygous: IAi | 'A' is like an exponent
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What is the genotype for type O blood
only ii
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What is the genotype for type AB blood
Only IAIB | The A and B are like exponents
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What is a mutation
a change in a nucleic acid
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Silent mutation
codon sequence is changed, but the amino acid remains the same. Ex: CUU mutates to CUC but still remains as Leucine
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Substitution Mutation
the wrong base is paired in DNA sequencing. Ex: A-C or G-T
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Insertion
Extra base(s) are added into a DNA sequence
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Deletion
base(s) are removed from DNA sequencing
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Translocation
A broken piece of a crhomosome attaches to a different chromosome
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Frameshift
Causes the insertion or deletion of bases in DNA
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Missense
mutation that causes the substitution of one amino acid for another | Miss I didn't want this one
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Sense
the changing of a termination codon into an amino acid, making the protein longer than normal | Since you still here hanging around
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Nonsense
when an amino acid gets turned into a stop codon | STOP all this nonsense
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Senescene
Describes a cell that has become dormant
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Apoptosis
programmed cell death/suicide
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Cancer
A cell that has escaped the normal bounds of the cell cycle
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DNA polymerase
enzyme that copies DNA, can proofread its work. When an error is detected, it will go back and fix it.
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DNA repair enzymes
will cut the DNA on a missed error for DNA polymerase to come back and fix
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Polymerase chain reactions (PCR)
a form of DNA replication where only certain sections of the DNA is copied. 3 steps Denaturization, Hybridization, DNA synthesis
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Southern Blot
A process that separates DNA fragments by size , then transferred to filters to be screened
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DNA sequencing
determining a nucleotide sequence
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DNA microarrays
strands of DNA are placed in "fields" given green or red dye, and combine with DNA already in the fields. Excess is washed away and then scanned by a laser for results. Green is normal, red is cancerous, yellow is both, gray is none
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Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
a populations allele and genotype frequencies are constant ***unless*** there is some evolutionary force acting upon it.
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5 assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
1. No Natural Selection 2. No Mutation 3. No migration 4. Large population 5. Random Mating

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