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Genetics Test 1
Genetics Test 1 ppt 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 sub-disciplines of modern genetics | Transmission genetics, molecular genetics, population/evolutionary genetics, quantitative genetics |
| Transmission genetics | Study of how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. Mendelian/classical |
| Molecular genetics | Study of the chemical nature of genes and how they operate at a molecular level |
| Population/ evolutionary genetics | Study of genetic variation within and among populations |
| Quantitative genetics | Study of heredity of traits in groups of individuals where many genes determine traits simultaneously |
| Alleles | Alternate forms of a gene at a locus |
| Principle of segregation | Genes come in pairs (diploid) and when gametes are produced each gets one gene (haploid) at random from each gene pair, but not both |
| Chromosomal theory of inheritance | Chromosomes carry genes |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan | Fruit flies. Sex-linked inheritance. First evidence for chromosomal theory of inheritance. Genes arranged linearly on chromosomes. |
| Recombinant | New combination of alleles not seen in parents |
| Barbara McClintock | Detected recombination by studying maize under a microscope |
| Friedrich Miescher | Discovered DNA. Collected white blood cells from pus, lysed them and isolated nuclei. Found nuclein, high in phosphorous. |
| Griffith | S-strain virulent, R-strain nonvirulent. Bacteria and mice. Chemical substance from a cell genetically transformed other cells. |
| Oswald Avery | Went further with Griffith's experiment; DNA is transforming principle, not RNA or protein |
| Beadle and Tatum | Used mold to prove Garrod's idea of relationship between genes and enzymes. One gene-one enzyme |
| One gene- one polypeptide | Each gene codes for only one polypeptide, but each polypeptide is coded for by more than one gene |
| Watson and Crick | Stole Roseline Franklin's research to build a model of DNA (double helix) |
| Purines | Adenine, guanine |
| Pyrimidines | Cytosine, thymine |
| Three forms of DNA | A, B, Z |
| Gene expression | Process by which a gene produces its product and the product carries out its function |
| What does uracil replace? | Thymine. Only in RNA |
| Transcription | DNA splits, RNA polymerase makes mRNA copy |
| Translation | mRNA carries instructions to ribosomes and a protein is assembled |
| Genetic code | mRNA code, not a DNA code |
| Point mutation | Change one base to another (sickle cell) |
| indel mutation | Insertion and deletion of pieces of DNA |
| Frameshift mutation | single insertion or deletion that alters the order the codons are interpreted in |
| Hardy-Weinburg | Genetic equilibrium in a population |
| Recombination | Crossing over of homologous chromosomes during meiosis |
| Khorana and Niremberg | determined nature of genetic code (codons) |