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Mitosis, Meiosis, Medellian genetics

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Alternative Splicing   can generate different forms of mRNA from a single pre-mRNA  
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Negative control of Alternative RNA splicing   repressor blocks splicing machinery  
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Positive control of Alternative RNA splicing   splicing machinery inefficient unless activator is present  
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Sex lethal (Sxl) transformer (tra) and doublesex (dsx) genes are   part of a hierarchy of gene regulation for sex determination in drosophila  
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Sxl gene acts as a   switch and selects the pathway of sexual development by controlling splicing of the dsx transcript in a female specific or male specific fashion  
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spliceopathies   mutations that affect regulation of splicing; can contribute to genetic disorders  
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Myotonic dystrophy   expansion of trinucleotide repeats in 3' UTR of DMPK gene. DMPK protein sequence unaffected; repeats cause toxic mRNAs  
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toxic mRNAS of myotonic dystrophy   sequester proteins that are important for splicing of other mRNAS  
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at least ___ inappropriately spliced genes cause pathology   20  
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control of mRNA stability   a steady state mRNA level is determined by the combination of transcription rate and rate of degradation. this is regulated in response to cellular needs. 3'UTR sequences can regulate stability  
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translation can be regulated to produce   the correct quantity of a protein  
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post-translational stability of a protein can be   modulated  
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a protein can be modified after translation to change its   structure or activity  
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RNA silencing controls gene expression through   RNA interference(RNAi) or RNA-induced transcriptional repression  
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it is estimated that ____% of human genes are regulated in part by RNA silencing   30  
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Mechanisms of gene regulation by RNA-induced gene silencing   1)dicer processes dsRNAs into siRNAs&miRNAs 2)binding to RISC or RITS; one strand is degraded 3)RNAi:RISC recognizes target mRNAs(degrades or inhibits their translation) 4)Txnsilencing:RITS recognizes genomic sequences in nucleus;recruits remodelingcmp  
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RNAi technology can   create single gene defects without having to induce mutations, which allows for rapid analysis of gene function  
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animal models have shown successful RNAi treatment of   viral infection, eye diseases, cancers, inflammatory bowel disease  
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different tumor types have different   characteristic miRNA profiles  
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some cancers are defective in miRNA expression so ___ ____ may help   synthetic miRNAs  
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overexpression of genes involved in cancer can be ____ by RNAi   targeted  
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limitations of RNAi as therapy   1)short sequences make it harder to achieve specificity and avoid off-target effects 2)wont be useful for diseases that involve LOF gene 3)delivery methods have to be worked out 4)there may be cells that are impossible to target  
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Metacentric   centromere is in the middle  
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submetacentric   centromere between the middle and end  
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acrocentric   centromere close to the end  
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telocentric   centromere at the end  
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Homologous chromosomes   are similar and carry genes for the same inherited characteristics; they are not identical because they may carry different versions of the same gene  
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sex determining chromosomes are usually not   homologous but may behave as homologs in meiosis  
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Karyokinesis   nuclear division  
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cytokinesis   cytoplasmic division  
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Prophase   centrioles divide and move apart; nuclear envelope break downs; chromosomes condense and become visible  
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sister chromatids are connected at the ______   centromere  
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centrioles   organize spindle fibers for movement of chromosomes during meiosis and mitosis  
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Prometaphase   chromosomes move to equatorial plane of the cell  
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Metaphase   centromeres/chromosomes aligned at equatorial plane  
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kinetochore   protein assembly at the centromere; spindle fiber attachment point  
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spindle fiber attachment leads to   cohesin degradation by separase  
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_____ at the centromere prevents cohesin degradation there   shugosin  
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Anaphase   sister chromatids separate from each other; migrate to opposite poles  
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separated sister chromatids are called   daughter chromosomes  
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Telophase   daughter chromosomes arrive at the poles; citokinesis commences; chromosomes uncoil and nuclear envelope is reformed  
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Meiosis I is ______ division   reductional  
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Meiosis II is _____ division   equational  
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DNA synthesis during Interphase before Meiosis I _____________ before Meiosis II   does not occur again  
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Synaptonemal Complex   found only in chromosomes of cells undegoing meiosis; vehicle for pairing of homologs and their segregation during meiosis  
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Meiosis I   homologous chromosomes separate and move toward the poles; sister chromatids remain attached at centromeres; duplicated chromosomes reach their poles; cytokinesis occurs and two haploid daughter cells are formed  
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Meiosis II   sister chromatids in each dyad separated to opposite poles; each haploid daughter cell from meiosis II has one member of each pair of homologous chromosomes  
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Nondisjunction during meiosis I or II leads to   gametes with abnormal numbers of chromosomes  
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pairing of nonhomologous sex chromosomes ensures   that they segregate  
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Meiosis produces diversity through   crossing over and independent assortment  
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Spermatogenesis   produces 4 haploid sperm cells  
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Oogenesis   produces and egg cell and two polar bodies  
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Monohybrid crosses   involve a single pair of contrasting traits  
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Allele   different versions of a gene  
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genotype   combination of alleles  
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Phenotype   physical expression of genetic makeup  
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Homozygous   two identical alleles  
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Heterozygous   two different alleles  
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testcross   a way to determine whether an individual displaying the dominant phenotype is homozygous or heterozygous for that trait  
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Mendel's three postulates of inheritance   1)Unit factors in pairs 2)Dominance/recessiveness 3)Segregation during gamete formation  
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Dihybrid cross   involves two pairs of contrasting traits  
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Mendel's fourth postulate states that   traits assort independently during gamete formation; all possible combinations of gametes will form with equal frequency  
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Independent Assortment leads to   extensive genetic variation; produces genetically dissimilar gametes  
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Conditional probability   the likelihood of the desired outcome when one event depends on another  
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[n!/(s!t!)]*[(a^s)*(b^t)]   n=total# of events s=#of times outcome a occurs t=#of times outcome b occurs  
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degree of freedom =   n-1  
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Wild type   occurs most frequently in nature  
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Loss-of-function (LOF)   reduction or loss of the specific wild type function  
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Null allele   complete LOF  
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Gain of function (GOF)   enhanced WT function  
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Incomplete Dominance   offspring have an intermediate phenotype; phenotypic ratio identical to genotypic ratio  
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Tay-Sachs disease   Homozygous recessive die from hexosaminidase activity being absent; Heterozygotes appear normal but have 1/2 enzyme activity when compared to homozygous normal  
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threshold effect   normal phenotypic expression occur whenever a certain level (usually 50% or less) of gene product is attained  
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Codominance   the joint expression of two alleles of a gene in a heterozygote results in phenotypic detection of both gene products  
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Bombay phenotype   women came from parents with A and AB blood type but she had blood type O. This is possible bc she homozygous FUT1{she dont have fucose on H substance therefore she has no substrate to make a or b antigens  
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i^A allele adds   terminal sugar N-acetylgalactosamine to the H-substance  
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i^B allele adds   a terminal galactose to the H substance  
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i^O allele adds   no terminal sugars to the H substance  
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It is estimated that _____ of all genes are essential for survival   1/3  
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Dominant lethals   exist in things such as huntington's disease, must reproduce before subject dies  
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Epistasis   one gene masks the effect of another; or two gene pairs complement each other such that one dominant allele is required at each locus to express a certain phenotype  
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Epistatic interactions often arise because   two or more different proteins participate in a common cellular function  
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Complementation testing   determines if two mutations causing a similar phenotype are alleles of the same gene  
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Pleiotropy   expression of a single gene has multiple phenotypic effects. Ex:Marfan Syndrome  
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