DNA bases
techniques
People
Function of DNA
Random
100
How many bases are there in DNA?
What is four bases
100
What does VNTR stand for?
What is Variable number of tandem repeats
100
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
What is James Watson and Francis Crick
100
What is inside a Chromosome?
What is Genetic information stored in molecules of DNA
100
Where is DNA found?
What is the nucleus of the cell
200
What are the bases?
What is A, C, G, T
200
What is a short tandem repeat (STR)?
What is A short sequence of DNA, usually only two to five base pairs in length, within the noncoding DNA.
200
Who invented the PCR technique?
What is Dr. Kary Mullis
200
Define Gene
What is sequences of DNA that have instructions that determine our inherited characteristics or traits, such as blood type.
200
What percentage of genes do siblings share?
What is 50%
300
How do each of the pairs bond with each other?
What is A with T and C with G
300
What are the two purposes VNTR and STR data are analyized?
What is tissue matching and inheritance matching
300
Who has identical DNA?
What is Identical twins
300
Define allele
What is one of two or more alternative forms of a gene
300
What genetic disorder can be diagnosed when the child has three copies of chromosome 21 in each cell instead of only two?
What is down syndrome
400
How are the chromosomes inherited?
What is one chromosome from each pair is from the mother and the other is from the father
400
What is population genetics?
What is the study of variation in genes among a group of individuals.
400
Who discovered in 1984 that DNA from different individuals contains different polymorphisms?
What is Dr. Alec Jeffreys
400
The total amount of DNA in a cell
What is the human genome
400
when was DNA discovered?
What is 1869
500
How is Mitochondrial DNA passed to an offspring?
What is through the cytoplasm of the egg cell.
500
How do children inherit their DNA?
What is two genes per trait, one from the mother and one from the father.
500
how many polynucleotide chains are there in one DNA molecule?
What is two
500
what does DNA stand for?
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
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