lesson 1

Question 1

Application of genetics

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*Plant and animal improvement
*Medicine
*Genetic engineering
*Legal application / forensic
*Genetic counseling

Question 2

Statistical analysis

Answer 2

*Chi square
*Standard deviation
*Mean

Question 3

Commonly used for testing relationships
between categorical variables

Answer 3

Chi square

Question 4

tells how far a set of numbers lie apart

Answer 4

Standard Deviation

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Average that is used to derive the central tendency of the data in question

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Mean

Question 6

Factors that increase the odds of having twins

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*Advancing age of mothers
*Number of previous pregnancies
*Hereditary
*Race
*Assisted reproductive techniques

Question 7

Developed from 2 different egg cells fertilized by 2 different sperm cells producing two genetically unique children

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Fraternal or Dizygotic twins

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developed from one (ovum) that producing two babies with exactly the same genetic information

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Identical or Monozygotic twins

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Types of twins

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*Identical or Monozygotic twins
*Fraternal or Dizygotic twins

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Methods of genetics

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*Pedigree analysis
*Karyotyping
*Planned experimental breeding
*Twin studies

Question 11

Types of hypotheses

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null and alternative

Question 12

used to detect chromosomal abnormality

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karyotyping

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makes use of symbols as representation of the members of the family

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Pedigree analysis

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branches of genetics

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A. Cytogenesis
B. Molecular genesis
C. Behavioral genetics
D. Population genetics
E. Classical genetics

Question 15

solved the structure of DNA

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James Watson and Francis Crick

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also contributed to the discovery of DNA

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Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

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Award that James Watson received

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1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material

Question 18

What and when did James Watson and Francis Crick discovered something

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structure of DNA in the X- ray crystallography “photo 51” of Rosalind Franklin and indicated that DNA had a helical structure (cork-screw)

Question 19

James Watson was born on

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April 6, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Question 20

Rosalind Franklin was born on

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July 15, 1920 London, England

Question 21

Rosalind Franklin died on

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April 16, 1958 London, England

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best known for her contribution to the discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

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Rosalind Franklin

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Discovered a mutation that affected fly eye color & observed that the mutation was inherited differently by male and female flies.

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for his discoveries on the role of chromosomes on heredity

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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*Established the chromosomal theory of inheritance

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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*He used fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) eye color mutations to demonstrate sex-linked inheritance patterns

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

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1866-1945

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3 European botanists who rediscovered Mendel's laws in 1900

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HUGO DE VRIES (1848–1935), CARL CORRENS (1864–1933), and ERICH VON TSCHERMAK-SEYSENEGG (1871–1962)

Question 29

When and where did William Bateson popularized "genetics"

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1906, 3rd international conference of plant hybridization in London, England

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William Bateson is born on

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August 8,1861 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England

Question 31

William Bateson died on

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February 8,1926, London, England

Question 32

British biologist, who applied Gregor Mendel's work to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

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William Bateson

Question 33

When did William Bateson coined the term "genetics"

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1905

Question 34

In this book, Darwin argues that evolution takes place through a process called natural selection.

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On the Origin of Species

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process by which organisms better suited for adaption to their environment survive, while those that are poorly suited to their environment do not.

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Natural Selection

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Charles Darwin is born on

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Feb.12, 1809, Shrewbury, Shropshire, England

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Charles Darwin died on

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April 19, 1882, Downe, Kent

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Established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry

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Charles Darwin

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When was On the Origin of Species published

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1859

Question 40

Gregor Mendel was born on

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July 22,1822 in Heinzendorf Bei Odrau, Austrian Empire

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Gregor Mendel died on

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January 6,1884 in Brno (Brünn), Austria-Hungary

Question 42

His experiment on pea plants (Pisum sativum) conducted between 1856-1863 established many rules of the heredity, now known as Mendelian Laws of Inheritance

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Gregor Mendel