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ligase
enzyme responsible for connecting together the segments of replication in the lagging strand, used to form a phosphodiester bond without adding a nucleic acid base
heterozygous translocation
chromosome aberration that causes loci on one homologous pair to segregate as if they were linked to loci on another homologous pair
heterozygous pericentric (concentric) inversion
chromosome aberration that causes a loss of crossover map distance, but during meiosis, chromosome bridges are not seen at anaphase I
primase
is an RNA polymerase, responsible for initiating each segment of replication in the lagging strand
helicase
unwinds the un-replicated strands of the DNA helix at the replication fork
polymerase III
enzyme that replicates the majority of DNA, can correct DNA it has replicated, replicates DNA at the fastest rate, is modified by reck so that it can function as a polymerase in SOS repair
polymerase I
can degrade RNA, removes it from Okazaki fragments
SSB
protein that keeps DNA single stranded from the time it is unwound to the time it is replicated
topoisomerase
allows DNA ahead of the replication fork to spin at up to 3000 rpm
recombinant DNA
resulting DNA of bacterial plasmid DNA joined to human DNA
Taq
enzyme similar to E.coli DNA polymerase I but capable of withstanding boiling temperatures
photolyase
used to repair thymine dimers without DNA synthesis
FISH
method used to determine the location of a DNA segment on chromosomes,
dideoxythymidine
used in preparing a sequencing gel only for the DNA run in the "T" lane
Southern blot
technique used to transfer the DNA from an electrophoretic gel to a nitrocellulose membrane
walking DNA
process that uses segments of one DNA library to identify adjacent segments in another DNA library
RNA polymerase
enzyme that binds to the promoter site
2,3-dideoxyadenosine
used to terminate synthesis in one column of a DNA sequencing gel
RAPD
PCR run on whole human DNA using sixteen different 8-bp, random sequence primers. The resulting DNA fragments were separated by electrophoresis on a gel. 60 bands on resulting gel
transformation
method of crossing bacteria involving the uptake of DNA into a cell, direct transfer of DNA into a recipient bacterium
thymine dimer
most common mutation caused by UV light
sexduction
a method of producing merodiploids (partial diploids) in E.coli
RNA polymerase II
makes the poly-A tail that is added onto the 3' end of eukaryotic mRNA
conjugation
DNA transfer from Hfr bacterium into recipient F-bacterium
generalized transduction
DNA transfer by being included in a viral coat
autonomous
transposes independently, trans-activation, has enzyme
nonautonomous
requires activation for transposition, borrows enzyme from another jumping gene
hybrid dysgenesis
occurs when a P (wild) male Drosophila is crossed with an M (lab) female Drosophila, causes mutation rate to raise 1000x, fertility to drop by 10%, and offspring viability to fall
transitions
pyrimidine replaces a pyrimidine, or purine replaces a purine (A<->G or C<->T) come in pairs
transversions
a purine and a pyrimidine are interchanged (A<->T, C<->G, A<->C, or G<->T) rare, occur spontaneously
hydroxylamine
reacts specifically with cytosine to form N-4-hydroxycytosine which then pairs with adenine. causes CG base pairs to become AT base pairs (C ->T, G ->A)
5'-Bromouricil deoxyribose (5BU)
A ->G T ->C
Nitrous Acid (NO2)
deaminates cytosine to form uracil deaminates adenine to form hypoxanthine (all possible transitions)
lac operon
p: binds RNA polymerase o: binds repressor i: produces protein that binds to o, repressing it z: Beta-galactosidase y: lactose permease (pumps lactose into cell) a: transacetylase (makes galactose into glucose so cell can use it)
allosteric proteins
proteins that change shape and binding affinities according to their environment (control proteins)
iS, i-, i+
iS: causes operon to remain off under any conditions (U) i-: causes operon to remain on, or constitutive (C) i+: turns operon on in the presence of allocates and off in its absence (I), can bind to DNA of the operator or to allolactose (prefers to bind to allolactose) iS>i+>i-
dicer
takes any type of double-stranded RNA's and splits it into 22 bp strands called siRNA
restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP's)
"genome" of DNA that contains a certain number of sequences that a given restriction enzyme will "cut"
binomial probability
N! C=------------ X!(N-X)!
Monohybrid cross
(AaxAa) 3:1
monohybrid test cross
(Aaxaa) 1:1
dihybrid cross
(AaBaxAaBb) 9:3:3:1
dihybrid test cross
(AaBbxaabb) 1:1:1:1
Mendel's first law
Law of segregation: during gamete formation each member of the allelic pair separates from the other member to form the genetic constitution of the gamete
Mendel's second law
Law of independent assortment: alleles of different (unlinked genes) assort independently of each other, evident during meiotic segregation of homologous chromosomes
autopolyploidy
duplication of chromosome sets within a species
allopolyploidy
combining chromosome sets of different species
aneuploid
don't contain a euploid number of chromosomes (2n+1, 2n-1)
ABO blood group
Type A: IA/IA or IA/IO Type B: IB/IB or IB/IO Type AB: IA/IB Type O: IO/IO IA=IB>IO
finding number of phenotypes of a quantitative trait
2N+1 where N is number of loci
finding the frequency of extreme types
(1/4)^N where N is number of loci
mapping the centromere
loci segregate at the first division of meiosis if they do not cross over loci segregate at the second division of meiosis if the cross over between the locus and the centromere
linkage between loci
linked: parental ditypes will be much more common than non-parental ditties PD>>>>NPD implies linkage unlinked: PD=NPD
mitotic crossing over
can make a gene homozygous that was originally heterozygous
coupled recessives
results in a double mutant spot
if the crossover is between....
two alleles and a centromere -> twin stop between two alleles -> both heterozygotes
Watson
Template strand strand that's found to contain the promoter sequence is the one that serves as a template strand mRNA is read on the template strand
Crick
Coding strand
direction of transcription
RNA polymerase reads template strand of DNA from 3' to 5', making mRNA from 5' to 3'
4^N
N is number of bases that specifies an amino acid if one base specifies an amino acid, then only 4 amino acids are encoded if two bases specify an amino acid, then 16 different amino acids can be encoded if three bases specify an amino acid, then 64 different codes are generated

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