Fo Sci 15
Vocabulary List for DNA Profiling
Name_______________________________
Directions:
1) The following list of word(s) will be used during this unit. You are
required to know them.
2) You may choose to bring this list to the tests and use them as is.
They cover the PPT up to the slide titled, ‘Determining Probability.’
3) You may also choose to type definitions for some or all of the word(s).
You can earn 1 choice point for every 2 definitions. You are limited to
a total of 18 points for the entire assignment
4) You may use your definitions during both DNA Tests!
5) You can define any of the words you think you might need during the
tests. You must reword your own definition. Example:
“ 40. Identical Twins-twins that formed from one egg that split in half.
They have identical DNA.”
Use the following sources to obtain the definition. Make sure you re-word your definition!
http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/resources/glossary/
http://www.clanlindsay.com/genetic_dna_glossary.htm http://www.dna.gov/glossary/
http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/topitems/glossary.html
http://www.phgfoundation.org/pages/resources/glossary.htm
6) If you use a definition from one of the above sources, make sure you put it into your own words so you
understand what it means. Don’t write a lengthy definition--you won’t have time to use it on the test.
You will not get credit for definitions that are obviously copied or written above your academic level.
7) Your definition MUST apply to Forensic DNA profiling.
For example, you will not get credit if you define agar as:
“ A gelatinous substance derived from a polysaccharide that accumulates in the cell walls of agarophyte
red algae.”
Agar should be defined as the medium used during Gel Electrophoresis. The definition above has nothing to
do with DNA Profiling!
8) The final list of definitions is due the day you take the test but, if
you plan to define any of the 20 words to earn 10 points by the first
due date, you will need to give me a copy of your work and retain a
copy to work on. If you wish to hand in the second 20 by the
second due date, do the same but you MUST IDENTIFY the new
words you are defining so I can see they are not the same as
in your first attempt (add, star, underline or bold them). You must
also hand in the original, graded work(s) with the new work.
9) If you plan to use the list on the test, as is, without definitions, print
page 2.
10) If you plan to type in definitions, use pages 3 to 4.
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Word Bank for DNA Profiling Tests: (All students are welcome to
print this word bank out and use it during either test).
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13 CODIS loci
Adenine
Agar
Allele
Amelogenin
Amplification of DNA
ATP
Banding pattern
Base Pair
Buccal cells
Capillary electrophoresis
Cell respiration
Chromosome
Circular chromosome
Coding gene
CODIS database
Complimentary base pair
Conclusive
Covalent bond
Cytosine
DNA
DNA fragments
DNA Polymerase
DNA profile
DNA replication
Double Helix
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Extraction of DNA
Fluorescent tag
Fraternal twins
Gel electrophoresis
(agarose)
Gene
Genome
Genotype
Guanine
Haploid
Heterozygous
Homologous chromosome
Homozygous
Hydrogen bond
Identical twins
Inconclusive
Isolation of DNA
Junk DNA
Ladder for Gel
Electrophoresis
Linear chromosome
Loci or locus
Maternal
Microliter
Micropipettor
Migration of DNA
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Mitochondria
mtDNA
Multiplex PCR
Multiplexing
Mutation
nDNA
negative charge
Non-coding gene or DNA
Nucleotide
Paternal
Paternity testing
PCR
Phenotype
Primer
Protein
Purification of DNA
Repeat sequence
Sex chromosome
Short tandem repeat
Sperm
Target sequence
Thermocycler
Thymine
Visualize DNA
X chromosome
Y chromosome
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Word Bank and Definitions for DNA Profiling Tests I and II:
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13 CODIS loci
Adenine
Agar (Reminder-read direction #7 for full credit)
Allele
Amelogenin
Amplification of DNA
ATP
Banding pattern
Base Pair
Buccal cells
Capillary electrophoresis
Cell respiration
Chromosome
Circular chromosome
Coding gene
CODIS database
Complimentary base pair
Conclusive result
Covalent bond
Cytosine
DNA
DNA fragments
DNA Polymerase
DNA profile
DNA replication
Double Helix
Exclusion result
Extraction of DNA
Fluorescent tag
Fraternal twins
Gel electrophoresis (agarose)
Gene
Genome
Genotype
Guanine
Haploid
Heterozygous
Homologous chromosome
Homozygous
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71.
72.
73.
74.
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76.
Hydrogen bond
Identical twins
Inconclusive result
Isolation of DNA
Junk DNA
Ladder for Gel Electrophoresis
Linear chromosome
Loci or locus
Maternal
Microliter
Micropipettor
Migration of DNA
Mitochondria
mtDNA
Multiplexing PCR
Mutation
nDNA
negative charge
Non-coding gene or DNA
Nucleotide
Paternal
Paternity testing
PCR
Phenotype
Primer
Protein
Purification of DNA
Repeat sequence
Sex chromosome
Short tandem repeat (STR)
Sperm
Target sequence
Thermocycler
Thymine
Visualize DNA
X chromosome
Y chromosome
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