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A gene is a segment of DNA that encodes for a specific

a) protein
b) tRNA
c) rRNA
d) microRNA
e) all of the above

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e

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Define an allele

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Alternative forms of a gene (DNA at a specific locus) that differ in sequence

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Define a locus

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A physical region of a chromosome; often used to refer to a segment of DNA that contains a specific gene

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Homologous chromosomes are chromosomes that ______ during meiosis, ____ from each parent

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pair, one

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Are homologous chromosomes identical?

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No, normally only a few base pair differences in each gene

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Are sister chromatids identical?

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Yes, two identical duplicated chromosomes joined by a single centromere

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During which cell replication cycle would you find sister chromatids?

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Metaphase

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What are autosomes?

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ANy chromosome that is not a sex chromosome

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An organism with 4 copies of each chromosome would be ________

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tetraploid

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A human has 45 chromosomes in a cell. He is a _____________ (type of ploidy)

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Aneuplod

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A human has 69 chromosomes in a cell. He is a ____________ (type of ploidy)

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Euploid - abnormal but still same number of each homologous chromosome

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Germline cells are responsible for _____________________

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production of gametes

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What are gametes

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haploid germ cells (sperm and ova)

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What are zygotes

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Two gametes fuse (during fertilization), diploid

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Homologous chromosomes have _______ genes in ______ positions, but _______ alleles
(same/different)

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same, same, different

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Why is neonatal screening done?

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To ID rare disorders that can cause brain damage or death if not treated early ie PKU

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Describe prophase of mitosis

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chromatin condenses (chromosomes with two chromatids) –> spindle forms –> nucleolus breaks down

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Describe prometaphase of mitosis

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spindle invades nuclear region, chromosomes move to equatorial plane

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Describe metaphase of mitosis

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Chromosomes at equatorial plane and centromeres divide

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Describe anaphase of mitosis

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poles move apart and chromosomes move towards destinations

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Describe telophase of mitosis

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Spindle breaks down –> chromatid uncoils –> nucleoli formed –> contractile ring causes cytokinesis

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What is the product of cytokinesis in mitosis?

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Two daughter cells, each genetically identical to parent cell

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Describe prophase I of meiosis

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Homologous chromosomes pair up and exchange fragments (cross over)

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Describe metaphase I of meiosis

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Homologous pairs line up at metaphase plate

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Describe Anaphase I of meiosis
Homologues separate to opposite ends of cell, sister chromatids stay together
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Describe Telophase I of meiosis
Newly formed cells are haploid, each chromosome has two (non-identical) sister chromatids
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Meiosis II is very similar to mitosis. What are the two differences?
1) Haploid (2n) cells at beginning rather than diploid (4n) | 2) Creates 4 haploid cells, with chromosomes having one chromatid each
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What is the key difference between meiosis and mitosis?
During prophase homologous chromosomes synapse - pair up tightly and there is genetic exchange (evidenced by chiasmata)
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Describe synapsis
Pairs of sister chromatids align according to homologous sequences and are bound together --> crossing over occurs
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What is the product of crossing over? (type of chromosome)
recombinant!
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What are the 4 components of gene structure?
1) promoters 2) coding sequences (exons) 3) introns 4) structural regions (non-transcribed, 5' and 3' untranslated sequences)
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What causes genetic disorders a) changes in DNA b) changes in RNA c) changes in protein level/activity
c
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What type of mutation in Hgb causes sickle cell anemia?
single base pair change
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Function of promoter sequence
controls levels of mRNA expression --> controls protein expression
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Function of introns
"intervening sequences" interrupt coding sequences spliced out
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Function of exons
Coding sequences | Specific sequence of AA in proteins
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Function of structural regions
Untranscribed regions | 5' and 3' untranslated regions in mRNA
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The TATA box is a promoter sequence that specifies to other molecules ____________________
where transcription begins
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The CCAAT box is a distinct pattern of nucleotides with consensus sequence that occur upstream by ___________ bases to _______________
60-100, initial transcription site
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The core basal promoter determines ______ site for transcription and ____________
start, whether transcription occurs
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Describe the function of an enhancer
Short region of DNA that can be bound by activator proteins to increase the likelihood that transcription of a particular gene will occur
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Tissue specific elements say _____ and _____ a gene is transcribed
when and where
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Describe the function of regulatory elements
Determine when, where and how much transcription occurs
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Intron mutations are usually harmful, true or false
False, only mess things up when located in splice zone
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What percentage of a gene is not transcribed?
70%
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What percentage of a transcript is structural?
70%
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All combos beginning with CG will produce ______
ARGININE
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A point mutation that does not change the amino acid is called a
silent mutation
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A point mutation that does change the amino acid, but only to another with similar biochemical properties is called a
missense mutation
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A point mutation that introduces a premature stop codon
nonsense mutation --> truncated protein
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Does the addition of 3 nucleotides qualify as a frame shift mutation?
no. Can still be harmful examp: delta f508
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A promoter mutation would affect _______
levels of protein expression
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Tertiary post translational processing involves
Interdomain interactions
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Quartanery post translational processing involves
multiple polypeptide complexes
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Loss of function mutations lead to (2)
inactive protein products OR loss of expression
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PKU and Cystic Fibrosis are examples of haplosufficiency diseases. What does this mean?
One normal allele is enough to not have disease | DOMINANT
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Familial hypercholesteremia is a haploinsufficiency disease. What does this mean?
One bad allele and you're f**ked | RECESSIVE
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Gain of function mutations lead to (2)
new protein product OR overexpression/misexpression (in wrong tissue of a normal protein
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Huntington's Disease and the trisomies are caused by what type of mutation?
gain of function
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Osteogenesis Imperfect II is an example of a dominant negative disease. What does this entail?
Mutant protein inhibit activity of normal protein
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What does it mean to be reproductively lethal?
Organism can have mutation and live with it but cannot pass it on to next generation
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Reproductively lethal mutations are always ______
spontaneous and new
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Recessive disorders are always spontaneous new mutations, true or false
FALSE - rarely, X linked disorders present a special case
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What are the three ways a silent mutation can occur
1) in non essential sequences (introns, untranslated structural regions) 2) occur in redundant base (no AA change) 3) result in a conservative substitution that does not change protein structure or function

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