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Genetics – Chapter 1 Study Topics
1.
Define the term genetics.
2.
What is de-CODE Genetics and why is it significant to modern genetics?
3.
Describe the work of the scientists who worked with bacteriophages to determine DNA was the genetic material
(rather than proteins). Who were these scientists?
4.
Theories of epigenetics and preformation.
5.
Describe the theory of natural selection.
6.
diploid (2n) number vs haploid (n) number
7.
General purpose of mitosis vs meiosis.
8.
Importance of Mendel. What did he work with?
9.
Chromosome theory of inheritance and who discovered it.
10. How do mutations lead to variation?
11. What is a gene?
12. What is an allele?
13. Genotype vs. phenotype
14. DNA vs. RNA
15. What are nucleotides?
16. Describe the processes of transcription and translation. Know how they relate to the the following terms: mRNA,
ribosome, codon, tRNA)
17. What is the central dogma of genetics?
18. Monomer vs polymer
19. What are proteins polymers of?
20. Determine the number of amino acid sequence variations, given the number of amino acids in a protein.
21. How many amino acids are commonly found in proteins?
22. What are enzymes and how do they work?
23. What two things determine a protein’s shape and chemical behavior?
24. Describe sickle-cell anemia and what causes it
25. What do restriction enzymes do?
26. What is a recombinant DNA molecule?
27. What is the name of the process used to clone Dolly?
28. What is a genome?
29. Examples of biotechnology in plants and animals
30. DNA microarrays are used for what?
31. Who owns transgenic organisms?