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Higher Human Revision
Term | Definition |
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What is a tumour? | A mass of abnormal cells |
When does cancer develop? | When cells divide excessively because they fail to respond to regulatory signals |
Which stem cells are multi potent? | Tissue stem cells |
What is differentiation | It is when cells express genes to produce proteins which are characteristic to a particular type of cell. |
How does secondary cancer develop | When cells within a tumour fail to stick together and spread body through the body |
Which stem cells are pluripotent | Embryonic stem cells |
How many divisions are there in meiosis | 2 |
What do germline stem cells differentiate to become? | gametes |
How many types of cellular divisions are there? | 2 (mitosis & meiosis) |
Are haploid cells formed after the first or second meiotic division? | 1st |
What is a primer? | A short strand of nucleotides that binds to the 3' end of the TEMPLATE strand of DNA and allows polymerase to add DNA nucleotides |
What is the temperature range for stage 1 of PCR | 92 to 98 degrees Celsius |
What happens at stage 2 of PCR | Primers bind to the 3' ends of the template strands |
How many different primers are needed in PCR | 2 |
What happens at stage 1 of PCR | High temperatures are used to break the hydrogen bonds between the DNA strands |
What is the function of DNA polymerase? | DNA polymerase adds DNA nucleotides using complementary base pairing to the 3' end of the NEW DNA strand forming. |
What is the temperature range of stage 3 of PCR? | 70 to 80 degrees Celsius. |
What is PCR used for? | To AMPLIFY a sample of DNA for...crime solving OR paternity testing OR diagnosing genetic disorders. |
What is the temperature range of stage 2 of PCR? | 50 to 65 degrees Celsius. |
What are the 4 chromosome mutations? | Translocation, Deletion, Duplication, Inversion |
What happens at stage 3 of PCR | Heat resistant DNA polymerase replicates the target region of DNA |
How many different types of RNA are there? | 3 |
Which type of RNA has anti- codons | tRNA |
Which chromosome mutation involve non- homologous chromosomes? | Translocation |
Which type of single gene mutation results in premature stop codons? | non sense |
Where does RNA splicing take place? | Nucleus |
What is the name for the process where DNA is copied into mRNA | Transcription |
What causes tRNA to fold into its particular shape? | Complementary base pairing |