Triple Points: a region of the operon where regulatory proteins bind
What is the operator?
makes many copies of a gene or other DNA segment
What is PCR or polymerase chain reaction?
name the movie: Sentinels hunt and kill both mutants and humans.
What is X-Men: Days of Future Past?
an international project that includes scientists from around the world that began in 1990
What is the Human Genome Project?
name this 1972 classic:
You must have known that I was lonely
Because you came to my rescue
And I know that this must be heaven
How could so much love be inside of you?
What is You are the sunshine of my life?
Although James Watson and Francis Crick are usually credited for discovering the DNA double helix shape, it was based on her prior work
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Double Points Name the song:
And I'm thinkin' what a mess we're in
Hard to know where to begin
If I could slip the sickly ties that earthly man has made
And now every mother can choose the colour
Of her child, that's not nature's way
What is Virtual Insanity?
mutations that can be transmitted to offspring
What are germline mutations?
Genes that are located on the same chromosome
What are linked genes?
it ensures that the correct proteins are made when and where they are needed.
What is gene expression?
a physical or biological characteristic controlled by the combined, additive effects of two or more genes rather than a single gene - example: widows peak, adult height
What is a polygenic trait?