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GENETICS & EVOLUTION

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What is characteristic of X-linked disorders?   males have dx but females are carriers --> do not pass to offspring  
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heterochromatin   condensed DNA  
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euchromatin   loose DNA  
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Lyon's hypothesis   One of the 2 X's in a female will be inactivated as a Barr body  
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A person with 2 barr bodies has ____ X chromosomes   3  
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Autosomal Dominant   -single copy -do not skip generations -equal numbers of affected females and males -father to son transmission is observed  
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What is fitness defined by?   REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS  
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directional selection   selects for trait on one extreme  
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stabilizing selection   selects for moderate trait, against extremes  
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disruptive selection   selects for both extremes  
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Group selection   natural selection acting on the group, not the individual  
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Altruism   sacrifices fitness of individual for benefit of group  
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Evolutionary success   frequency of alleles of an individual increased  
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Species (3)   -be able to interbreed -be able to produce fertile, viable offspring -does this naturally  
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Are a horse and donkey same species?   NO --> mule offspring is sterile  
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Speciation   formation of a new species  
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polymorphism   different forms of alleles / traits  
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adaptation   genetic change in a population caused by natural selection  
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specialization   adaptation of traits to better fill a niche  
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Inbreeding increases frequency of __ and decreases ___.   homozygotes / heterozygotes  
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Why is inbreeding so bad?   increases frequency of homozy. recessive detrimental alleles  
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Bottleneck effect   severe reduction in population size (i.e. natural disaster)  
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genetic drift and when does the effect increase?   random change in allele frequencies --> genetic drift increases as population size decreases  
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T / F: Bottlenecks increase the effect of genetic drift?   TRUE  
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divergent evolution   same lineage, evolving apart to be more different  
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Divergent evolution produces ___ structures.   homologous  
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homologous structures   structures that are embryologically similar but have different functions (i.e. whale flipper and human arm)  
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parallel evolution   same lineage, evolving separately but using similar mechanisms  
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convergent evolution   genetically unrelated species acquire same biological trait  
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analogous structures   structures that do the same job but have different origins (i.e. bird wings and bee wings)  
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coevolution   two species reciprocally affect each other's evolution (prey and predator)  
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parasitism   one benefits, other harmed  
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commensalism   one benefits, other unaffected  
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mutualism   both species benefit  
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ontogeny vs. phylogeny   -development through life of an organism -development through history of lineages as they change through time  
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Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny Theory   This phrase suggests that an organism’s development will take it through each of the adult stages of its evolutionary history, or its phylogeny  
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Molecular Clock Theory   -measure of evolutionary change over time at molecular level -specific DNA seq / px spontaneously mutate at constant rates -that rate can be used to estimate how long ago 2 organisms diverged from common ancestor  
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What are neutral mutation?   random genetic drift mutations that are not acted on by natural selection  
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What is Oparin and Haldane's theory on origin of life?   organic molecules created by atmospheric gases zapped by lightening --> fall into ocean to make primordial soup (C,H,N,O)  
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What experiment confirmed origin of life theory?   Urey-Miller  
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RNA World Hypothesis   RNA is precursor to current life because RNA can store genetic info and catalyze chemical rxns  
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protocells   aggregates of RNA and px inside lipid envelopes  
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How did eukaryotes evolve?   -endosymbiosis --> big cx engulfed a smaller cx  
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What are 2 types of endosymbiosis?   -heterotrophs engulf mito -autotrophs engulf chloroplasts  
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How did prokaryotes evolve? stages   anaerobic heterotrophs --> anaerobic autotrophs --> aerobics  
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What is a chordate?   one of the phylums in the kingdom Animalia  
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What are features of a chordate?   notochord, gill slits in embryo (pharyngeal pouches, branchial arches), dorsal nerve cord  
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What is a vertebrate vs. chordate?   vertebrates are a subphylum of chordates  
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Chordates vs. vertebrates   -all chordates have a notochord, dorsally located nerve -all vertebrates have a backbone  
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Are all vertebrates chordates? Are all chordates vertebrates?   YES / NO  
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Notochord   rigid rod present at some stage of development in all chordates  
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p + q =   1  
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Hardy Weinberg equation   p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1  
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5 assumptions of Hardy-Weinberg   -large population (no genetic drift) -no mutation -no migration -random mating (no sexual selection) -all genes are equally successful at reproducing  
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What is a back-cross?   mating btwn offspring and parent  
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What is a test-cross?   Situation when you have a dominant phenotype (Aa or AA) --> cross with homozygous recessive aa  
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locus   location of a gene on a chromosome  
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allele   variant of a gene  
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Where do all alleles of the same gene exist?   same locus  
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How many alleles does each gene hold?   2 - one from mom, one from dad  
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leakage   gene flow from one species to another --> concern for antibiotic resistance  
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gene pool   all of the alleles in a population  
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penetrance   frequency genotype will result in phenotype (whether you have it or not)  
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expressivity   to what degree a penetrant gene is expressed  
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When does tetrad formation occur?   meiosis I  
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In meiosis, are the daughter cells identical to parent cell?   NO  
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What does meiosis produce?   haploid (n) daughter cells  
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the law of _______( segregation or independent assortment) is dependent on the random arrangement of homologous chromosomes at the metaphase plate during Meiosis I.   independent assortment --> sometimes mom's chromo is on left, sometimes it's on rightW  
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The law of_____ ( segregation or independent assortment) is dependent on the separation of members of homologous pairs.   segregation  
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What is the site of crossing-over called? When does chiasma occur?   chiasma / tetrad formation  
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What lines up during meiosis I? Mitosis?   homologous chromosomes / sister chromatids  
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How many recombinants does a single crossover create?   2 / 4  
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Where are all of the sex-linked alleles located?   x chromosome  
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cytoplasmic inheritance   inheritance of things other than genomic DNA --> all cellular organelles such as mito are inherited from mother  
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mitochondria inheritance is from?   mother  
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inversion mutation   stretch of DNA breaks off and reattaches in opposite orientation  
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addition / insertion mutation   extra base is added to DNA sequence  
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What to addition / deletion mutations create?   frameshift mutation  
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translocation mutation   stretch of DNA breaks off and reattaches somewhere else  
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inborn errors of metabolism   genetic dx resulting in faulty metabolism --> PKA where ppl can't metabolize Phe  
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Are all mutagens carcinogens? Are all carcinogens mutagens?   NO / MOSTLY YES  
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some cancer can be mitogens, what is a mitogen?   increase mitosis  
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carcinogen vs. mutagen   -mutagen = causes mutation -carcinogen = causes mutation that causes cancer  
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vestigial structures   remnants of organs that have lost ancestral fxns  
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Do species, individuals, or populations evolve?   populations  
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Does chordate mean having a backbone?   NO --> bilateral symmetry  
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All vertebrates belong to what phylum?   chordata  
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r-selection   produce large number of offspring that mature rapidly with littler or no parental care  
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k-selection   small brood size with slow maturing offspring and strong parental care  
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adaptive radiation   single ancestral species gives rise to a number of different species  
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What carries out long-term evolutionary changes?   natural selection  
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coacervates   colloidal droplets made of polypeptides, nucleic acids, polysaccharides --> first cx thought to evolved from this cx type  
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prezygotic isolating mechanisms vs. postzygotic   -prevent zygote formation completely -offspring are inviable  
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inclusive fitness   number of alleles organism passes on to next generation  
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What ultimately creates evolution?   changing gene frequency  
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How to calculate the number of possible gametes for AaBbCc?   2^n (n =3)  
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Why does inbreeding reduce fitness?   increase incidence of expression of deleterious recessive traits  
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What organisms fall under eukaryotes?   animls, plants, fungi, protozoans  
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Which organisms fall under prokaryotes?   bacteria (kingdom monera)  
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What are simplest eukaryotes?   protists  
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Some characteristics of x-linked recessive dx?   -more common in males -skip generations -NO father-son transmission  
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What does the Hardy-weinberg equilibrium oppose?   intro of new alleles into a population  
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Gram positive appear ___ after staining. Gram negative appear ____.   blue / pink  
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Where do sperm undergo maturation? What is that analogous to in a female?   epididymis / ovary  
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Characteristics of yeast cells   membrane-bound organelles, chitin wall  
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What is the smallest and achiral a.a.?   glycine  
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What is the imino acid?   proline --> helix breaker  
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What a.a. can form disulfide bonds?   cysteine  
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Background extinction vs. mass extinction   -background = steady loss -mass = abrupt loss  
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Founder effect   entire population gene pool is based on genes of individuals that founded population  
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What is estrogen synthesized from?   testosterone  
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Generation time   avg. amount of time btwn appearances of 2 successive generations (i.e. parent and offspring)  
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What does LH bind to in males?   leydig cells --> stimulate testosterone release --> FSH  
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all bacteria require ____ for growth and reproduction   carbon  
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autotrophic bacteria   bacteria that get carbon from CO2  
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heterotrophic bacteria   bacteria that derive carbon from organic nutrients like sugar  
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cyanobacteria   use sunlight to produce sugars from CO2  
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What eukaryotic organelles are derived from endosymbiotic bacteria?   mito and chloroplasts  
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Rank severity of damage: nonsense, silent, missense   nonsense > missense > silent  
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Where is rRNA produced?   nucleolus  
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What is the largest organelle in the cell?   nucleus  
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How many sets of tumor suppressor genes does each person have?   1  
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Human diet consist mostly of what type of sugar?   sucrose = glucose + fructose  
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Do erythrocytes have organelles?   NO  
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Where do erythrocytes get ATP?   cytoplasm and cx membrane supplies erythrocytes  
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population   group of interbreeding individuals of same species isolated from similar groups of same species  
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fundamental niche   potential conditions under which an organism can survive  
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realized niche   conditions individuals actually use to survive  
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Are analogous structure evolutionary related?   NO  
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Type A blood makes antibodies against?   Type B blood  
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When a population undergoes bottleneck, what is genotype of population?   homozygous  
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High degree of phenotypic plasticity?   environmental factors influence phenotype  
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