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mapping in eukaryotes, mapping in phage, sex determination, chromosome mutations

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subunit vaccines   consist of one or more surface proteins from the virus or bacteria  
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Hepatitis B viral vaccine   surface protein cloned into yeast expression vector, purified from yeast and packaged for use as a vaccine  
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Gardasil   recombinant capsid proteins provide immunity against HPV  
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edible vaccines   can be produced in food plants. decreas cost of production, avoids needles, no refrigeration required no need for sterile conditions to administer, constant source of recombinant protein  
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Bt transgenic crops   have built in insecticide protection to insect pests  
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gene testing is one of the first   successful applications of recombinant DNA technology  
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Two examples of prenatal tests   amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS)  
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ASO's (allele-specific oligonucleotides)   short single stranded fragments of DNA; used as probes to identify different alleles; can differ by as little as one nucleotide (SNPs)  
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preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)   genetic analysis of single cells from embryos created by in vitro fertilization  
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genotyping microarrays are used to   detect mutations in specific genes such as p53 which is commonly associated with cancers  
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genome scanning   allows analysis of DNA for dozens or hundreds of disease alleles  
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array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH)   a microarray technique, identifies copy number variations  
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genome wide association studies(GWAS)   identify genome variations that contribute to disease  
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gene therapy   transferring specific genes into mamalian cells to treat genetic disorders  
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severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID)   was the first disease to be treated with gene therapy  
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structural genomics   focuses on the sequencing of genomes, analyzing nucleotide sequences to identify genes/ gene regulatory elements  
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two methods to genome sequencing   1)clone-by-clone method 2)whole genome shotgun method (shotgun cloning)  
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clone-by-clone method of genome sequencing   generates contigs that are aligned by restriction mapping; overlapping clones are sequenced. organized sequencing of contigs form a restriction map instead of random sequencing and assembly  
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shotgun cloning method of genomic sequencing   genomic DNA cut into contigs. overlapping sequenced fragments aligned using computer programs to assemble an entire chromosome; fragments aligned based on identical DNA sequences  
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bioinformatics   uses computer based approaches to organize, share and analyze data related to gene structure, gene sequence and expression, and protein structure and function  
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annotation   the process of identifying gene, their regulatory sequences and their functions  
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open reading frames (ORFs)   stretches of nucleotides that when translated to protein by computer analysis generate a series of amino acids prior to a stop codon; suggestive of a protein encoding gene  
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functional genomics   study of gene functions based on possible RNAs or proteins they encode;study of regulatory element function  
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orthologs   homologous genes in different species(arise through speciation)  
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paralogs   homologous genes in same species (arise through duplication)  
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single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)   single base changes in the genome; many associated with disease conditions  
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copy number variations (CNVs)   segments of DNA that are duplicated or deleted  
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ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements)   created with the aim to use both experimental approaches and bioinformatics to identify and analyze functional elements that regulate expression of human genes  
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Comparative Genomics   compares the genomes of different organisms in order to answer questions about genetics and other aspects of biology  
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eukaryotic genomes have several features not found in prokaryotes   1)gene density that varies from chromosome to chromosome 2)introns 3)repetitive sequences  
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transcriptome analysis   studies gene expression qualitatively by identifying which genes are expressed and which are not; and quantitatively by measuring the varying levels of expression of different genes  
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microarray analysis   enables simultaneous analysis of all of a sample's expressed genes  
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proteomics   the identification and characterization and quantitative analysis of all proteins encoded by the genome of a cell, tissue, or organism  
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typical proteomic analysis   cells exposed to different conditions, proteins extracted, separated by 2DGE, spots of interest cut out, digested into peptide fragments and analyzed by mass spectrometry  
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systems biology   incorporates data from genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics,etc. to further elucidate components of interacting pathways  
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Pharmacogenomics   the study of how an individual's genetic makeup detemines the body's response to drugs  
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restriction enzymes   bind to a specific recognition sequence (restriction site); cleaves DNA to produce restriction fragments; most of these recognition sequences are palindromic; often cut in a staggered way, leaving "sticky ends"  
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plasmid   an extrachromosomal double-stranded DNA molecule that replicates independently from bacterial chromosomes  
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transformation   the process by which plasmids are introduced using calcium ions and brief heat shock to pulse DNA into cells; electroporation is an alternative to this method  
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cDNA libraries are prepared by   isolating mRNA from cells, synthesizing the complementary DNA using reverse transcriptase, and cloning the cDNA molecules into a vector  
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a restriction map of cloned DNA segment establishes   the number and order of restriction sites and the distance between restriction sites  
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southern blotting(DNA) is used to   find a particular clone in a library, characterize the size of the fragments from restriction digest, determine whether a clone conatains all or part of a gene  
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Northern blotting (RNA) is used to   determine whether a gene is actively being expressed in a given cell or tissue and to study the patterns of gene expressions in embryonic tissues, cancer and genetic disorders  
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Sanger sequencing   the most common method of DNA sequencing. also called dideoxynucleotide chain termination sequencing. it involves the addition of a small amount of one dideoxynucleotide(ddNTP)which causes DNA synthesis to terminate  
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Next generation sequencing   1)DNA fragments on beads amplified by PCR 2)DNA on beads subjected to pyrosequencing reaction 3)light emitted by pyrosequencing reactions captured by detector  
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Stages of tumor development   1)cell with genetic mutation 2)hyperplasia 3)dysplasia 4)in situ cancer 5)invasive cancer  
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clonal   orginated from a common ancestral cell that accumulated specific mutations  
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defects in cancer cells affect   genomic stability, DNA repair and chromatin modification  
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cancer cells have altered   DNA methylation patterns  
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histone modifications are ______ in cancer cells   disrupted  
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apoptosis   programmed cell death involving DNA fragmentation, digestion of cellular components, membrane blebbing, and apoptotic bodies being engulfed by phagocytes  
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the relative concentrations of the ____ and ___ proteins regulate apoptosis   Bcl2; BAX  
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regulation of levels of Bcl2 and BAX can   trigger or prevent apoptosis  
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cancer cells that overexpress Bcl2 are   resistant to chemotherapy/radiation  
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p53   induces the expression of BAX; encodes transcription factor; can arrest the cell cycle at several phases; mutated in more than 50% of cancer cells  
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proto-oncogenes   normally stimulate cell proliferation. encode transcription factors, signal transduction molecules that stimulate cell division and cell cycle regulators  
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tumor suppressor genes   normally inhibit cell proliferation  
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oncogene   mutant proto-oncogene (GOF mutation;dominant); stimulates UNREGULATED cell proliferation  
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signal transduction initiates   a program of gene expression that propels the cell out of G0 and back into the cell cycle. cancer cells often have defects in signal transduction pathways  
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ras genes   encode signal transduction molecules  
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how does a proto-oncogene become an oncogene?   point mutation(ras); chromosomal translocation(CML); amplification (HER2)  
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oncogenes have two types   cellular (c-oncs); viral (v-oncs)  
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retroviruses can cause cancer by   activating a cellular proto-oncogene; carrying an oncogene into a cell;  
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acute transforming retroviruses   infect and transform normal cells into cancer cells (none identified in humans yet)  
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aneuploidy   an organism gains or loses one or more chromosomes  
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euploidy   complete haploid sets of chromosomes are present  
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polyploidy   more than two sets of chromosomes are present  
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reciprocal translocation   involves exchange of segments between nonhomologous chromosomes  
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Robertsonian translocation   breaks at the extreme ends of the short arms of two nonhomologous acrocentric chromosomes  
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Klinefelter's syndrome   male genitalia; XXY  
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Tuner syndrome   single X chromosome; female genitalia  
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human with three X chromosomes   female differentiation; often perfectly normal; sometimes underdeveloped secondary sex characteristics, sterility and mental retardation may occur  
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human with sex genotype XYY   males that tend to be over 6 feet tall  
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SRY absent in human embryo   female differentiation; wolffian duct degenerates; mullerian duct becomes the uterus  
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SRY present in human embryo   male differentiation; mullerian duct degenerates; wolffian duct develops into vas deferens  
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pseudoautosomal regions (PARs) on Y chromosome   have homology with regions on X chromosome  
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SRY encodes   for testes-determining factor which is a transcription factor that acts as a master switch to trigger the formation of testes  
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primary sex ratio   reflects the proportion of males to females conceived in a population  
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secondary sex ratio   reflects the proportion of each sex that is born  
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dosage compensation   balances the dose of X chromosome gene expression in males and females  
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Barr bodies   the inactive X is highly condensed and can be observed in stained interphase cells  
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Lyon hypothesis   X-inactivation occurs randomly in somatic cells  
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mechanism of inactivation of X   X-inactivation center(Xic) is active on the inactive X. it contains the X-inactive specific transcript (XIST) gene. XIST RNA coats the inactive X chromosome  
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bilateral gynandromorph   organisms with one X chromosome lost during the first mitotice division, making them half male and half female in some species  
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if two viruses simultaneously infect a bacterial cell, could recombination between them occur?   yes  
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intergenic recombination   recombination between two loci;  
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Seymour Benzer   produced a genetic map of the rII locus of phage T4  
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intragenic recombination in phage   simultaneous infection of e.coli by two mutant phages produces recombinant WT phages. the frequency is proportional to the distance between the two mutations  
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deletion mapping   provides a rough localization of each mutation. a point mutation is localized in the area of a deletion if it fails to give rise to any WT recombinants in complementation assays  
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crossing over   the reciprocal exchange of chromatid segments between homologous chromosomes; involves the breaking and rejoining of two chromatids)  
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chiasma   place on homologous pair of chromosomes at which exchange is occurring; site of crossing over  
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map units (also known as centimorgans)   are defined as 1% recombination between two genes on a chromosome  
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interference (in relation to crossing over)   reduces the expected number of multiple crossovers when a crossover event in one region of the chromosome inhibits a second event nearby; if interference is positive, there are less double crossovers than expected; if interference is negative,there r more  
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somatic cell hybridization   involves the fusion of two cells in culture to form a heterokaryon; nuclei then fuse to form a synkaryon from which chromosomes are lost at random  
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heterokaryon   a single hybrid cell with two nuclei  
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ordered tetrad analysis   can be used to map the centromere; determines map distance between a gene and the centromeres  
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unordered tetrad analysis   can be used to determine whether two genes are linked on the same chromosome and if so, map the distance between them  
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