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Genetics
Exam 4
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/02/2010

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Term

Heredity

 

Definition

The transmission of traits from one generation to another 

Term
Clone
Definition

a group of genetically identical individuals

Term
karyotype
Definition
ordered display of chromosomes
Term
Homologous Chromosomes
Definition
chromosomes of the same length, centromere position, and staining pattern
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Sporophyte
Definition
multicellular diploid stage organism
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gametophyte
Definition

multicellular haploid stage organism

 

Term
Prophase I
Definition
When does crossing over occur?
Term
End of anaphase I; telophase
Definition
when does the the diploid cell in meiosis turn into haploid?
Term
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Definition
How many daughter cells are formed at the end of Meiosis II?
Term
Synapsis
Definition
the process of homologs pairing up and becoming physically connected
Term

synaptonemal complex

 

Definition
the area where homologs are physically connected
Term
chiasma
Definition
physical manifestation of crossing over
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Independent Assortment

 

Definition
sorting of maternal and paternal homologs into daughter cells independently of every pair at the first meiotic division
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recombinant chromosomes
Definition
individual chromosomes that carry genes derived from two different parents
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law of segregation
Definition
the two alleles for a heritable character segregate during gamete formation and end up in different gametes
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test cross
Definition
reveals the genotype of a recessive homozygous
Term

1:2:1 genotype 

3:1 phenotype

Definition
The cross between two heterozygote monohybrids will result in:
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9:3:3:1 genotype
Definition
the cross between heterozygote dihybrids will result in:
Term
Law of independent assortment
Definition
each pair of alleles segregates independently of each other pair of alleles during gamete formation
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Complete dominance
Definition
one allele dominates over another (dominant over recessive)
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incomplete dominance
Definition
and intermediate of two alleles is expressed; neither of the alleles are dominant over one another
Term
incomplete dominance
Definition
A red snapdragon is crossed with  a white one. The resulting snapdragons are pink. This shows what kind of gene expression?
Term
Codominance
Definition
both alleles are expressed and are distinguishable in the phenotype
Term
codominance
Definition
An individual homozygous for M (MM) is crossed with and individual homozygous for N (NN). The offspring shows both proteins one their blood cells. What kind of allele expression is this?
Term
Tay-Sachs disease
Definition
inherited disorder in humans, recessive disease. heterozygotes display incomplete dominance 
Term
Positive
Definition
What charge are histones?
Term
Nucleotides
Definition
Radioactive phosphorus labels what in the DNA?
Term
protiens
Definition
Radioactive sulfur labels what bacteriophages?
Term
3' to 5'
Definition
DNA is read in what direction?
Term
5' to 3'
Definition
DNA is synthesized in what direction?
Term
one gene- one polypeptide hypothesis
Definition
a gene synthesizes one polypeptide
Term
there is more than one codon for many of the amino acids
Definition
how is the genetic code redundant?
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5' to 3'
Definition
in what direction is mRNA read?
Term
promoter
Definition
initiates transcription
Term
terminator
Definition
a signal that the end of transcription
Term

1. a cap is added to the 5' end

2. all introns are removed

3. a poly-A tail is added to the 3' end

Definition
what three things happen in RNA processing?
Term
transcription factors
Definition
in eukaryotes, a collection of proteins that mediate the binding of RNA polymerase and the initiation of transcription
Term
alternative RNA splicing
Definition
more than one polypeptide can be synthesized from a single gene by the removal of different introns. This process is called:
Term
P site
Definition
hold the tRNA carrying the growing polypeptide
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A site
Definition
hold the tRNA carrying the next amino acid to be added the chain
Term
E site
Definition
holds tRNA with no polypeptide which exits from this site
Term
GTP
Definition
what energy molecule is used to synthesize polypeptides
Term
polyribosomes
Definition
found in both bacterial and eukaryotic cells; they enable a cell to make many copies of a polypeptide very quickly ; characterized by many ribosomes trailing along one mRNA strand
Term
point mutations
Definition
chemical changes in a single base pair of a gene
Term
silent mutations
Definition
when a base pair is substituted with another, but because of the redundancy of the gentic code, there are no changes in the polypeptide formed
Term
missense mutations
Definition
substitutions that change a base pair to another resulting in a different amino acid
Term
nonsense mutation
Definition
a mutation that changes a codon for an amino acid into a stop codon, terminating translation prematurely 
Term
frameshift mutation
Definition
results when a single base pair is deleted shifting the reading frame.
Term
the lack of compartments in prokaryotes allows quick translation and the overall process much quicker.
Definition
what is the most important difference in prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
Term

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what is A?

Definition
operator
Term

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what is B?

Definition
active repressor
Term

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what is C?

Definition
inducer
Term

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what is D?

Definition
inactive repressor
Term

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what is A?

Definition
corepressor
Term

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what is B?

 

Definition
active repressor
Term
in the lac operon, what happens when there is alot of lactose present in the solution?
Definition
it is activated and the operon makes alot of beta galactosidase.
Term

what happens where there is glucose and lactose present in the solution with a lac operon?

 

Definition
the operon make little mRNA 
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