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| When the two alleles show no dominance over each other and there is an intermediate phenotype |
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| When a heterozygote fully expresses two different alleles |
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| Pairs of dominant and recessive alleles found on the X chromosome |
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| Simple Mendelian Inheritance |
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| One trait is completely dominant over the other |
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| Mitochondria and chloroplast |
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| The two organelles that have a genome separate from the genome in the cell nucleus |
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| Are formed both males and females, depending on the number of X chromosomes possessed by an individual |
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| Lyon hypothesis of X inactivation |
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| What hypothesis supports that a genetically normal male cat can never be calico |
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| Avery, MacLoed, and McCarthy |
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| discovered that DNA was the genetic material of transforming factor that could convert nonvirulent R-type bacterium to virulent S-type |
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| molecules that when joined together make up RNA and DNA |
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| nucleic acid that contains genetic instructions used in the development and function of all known living things and organisms |
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| a name given to some stretch of DNA or RNA that code for a type of protein |
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| A organized structure of DNA found in cells. |
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| The entirety of an organisms hereditary information |
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| Nucleotide,DNA,Gene, Chromosome, Genome |
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| The order from simplest level of structure of genetic material |
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| Complementary base-pairing occurs between these to bases |
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| Each nucleotide within a DNA is separated by about how many angstroms |
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| What is the complement DNA strand to 5'-ATTCGGTGA-3' |
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| The mechanism of DNA is.... |
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| made in replicating the lagging strand of DNA |
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| Attaches DNA sequences at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes |
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| adds new nucleotides complimentary to the bases on the already exposed strand as well as remove RNA primers |
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| Joins adjacent DNA fragments |
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| relieves the coiled DNA ahead of the replication fork |
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| intervening sequences that are transcribed, but not translated into protein |
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| coding sequences found in mature mRNA |
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| removes introns percisely |
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| sequences of DNA that can move themselves to a new position within the genome of a cell |
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| enables a single gene to encode two or more polypeptides that are different in their amino acid sequence |
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| rRNA and tRNA are ___ Splicing |
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| Attaches to the 5' end and is needed for proper exit of mRNA from the nucleus and binding to the ribosome |
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| attaches to the 3' and increases lifespan in the cytosol, increase mRNA stability in eukaryotes |
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| aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase |
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| is an enzyme that catalyzes the attachment of amino acids to tRNA molecules |
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| travels from the 5' to the 3' using ATP to seperate DNA strand and move fork over |
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| the ability of cells to control their level of gene expression |
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| An Activator exerting positive control |
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| a type of regulatory transcription factor that binds DNA and increases the transcription of a gene |
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| a prokaryotic mRNA that contains the coding sequence for two or more structural genes |
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| the lac operator site within the lac operon |
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| one whose transcription is repressed by effector molecules |
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| does not alter the genetic code and the genetic code is degenerate |
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| A result from a single amino acid being changed in a polypeptide. It may not alter function if amino acid being exchanged is similar. Sickle-cell anemia is an example |
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| Changes from a normal codon to a stop codon. Produces a truncated polypeptide |
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| Addition of a greater or less than 3 codon which completely changes the whole sequence |
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Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockayne’s syndrome
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| Disease that affect DNA repair |
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| cancer cells that have the ability to migrate to other parts of the body |
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| a mutation that causes a gene to become overactive, contributing to uncontrolled cell growth |
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| the phase of the cell cycle that p53 halts cell division if it senses DNA damage |
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