The equation for cellular respiration is: (BONUS! What is the purpose of cellular respiration?)
What is C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6H20 + 6CO2 + Heat
The purpose of cellular respiration is to break down glucose (from food or photosynthesis) to be used as cellular energy (32-38 ATP molecules)
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What is the difference between a diploid and a haploid cell? BONUS: Mitosis produces which type of cell? Meiosis?
Diploid = two sets of chromosomes (product of mitosis)
Haploid = one set of chromosomes (product of meiosis)
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What's the difference between homozygous and heterozygous? What's the difference between dominant and recessive?
Homozygous: homologous chromosomes have the same allele at a given locus.
Heterozygous: homologous chromosomes have different alleles at a given locus.
Dominant: Allele that is always expressed when present.
Recessive: Allele that is only expressed in the absence of dominant allele.
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What is genetic transformation?
Altering the genetic make-up of an organism by giving it extra genetic material (in the form of a plasmid) through its cell membrane.
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What is the charge of DNA?
Negative -> attracted to positive charge
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What did we do to measure the metabolic rates of mealworms?
Indirect assessment of metabolic rate -> measured oxygen consumption by way of volumetric respirometry.
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What is the difference between a chromosome and a sister chromatid?
A chromosome is a strand of DNA. A sister chromatid is one of two replicated chromosomes- both of which have the exact same genetic material.
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Given the parental genotypes: AaBB X AaBb, set up a dihybrid Punnett square.
Possible mom gametes: AB, AB, aB, aB
Possible dad gametes: AB, Ab, aB, ab
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What is competence? How did we increase the competence of E. coli?
Competence: ability of a cell to take up a plasmid.
1. Calcium chloride
2. Heat shock
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What is the function of the restriction enzymes?
Cut DNA with a particular nucleotide sequence, resulting in different-sized fragments of DNA that can be seen with electrophoresis.
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What is Kleiber's Rule?
Smaller organisms have a larger mass-specific metabolic rate.
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Describe the differences between the anaphase stage of mitosis, meiosis I, and meiosis II.
Mitosis: sister chromatids split and 46 chromosomes move in each direction to the poles.
Meiosis I: homologous pairs split and 23 replicated chromosomes move in each direction to the poles.
Meiosis II: sister chromatids split and 23 chromosomes move in each direction to the poles.
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An individual with AB blood needs a transfusion. Which blood types can he receive and WHY?
All blood types, because the presence of both A and B proteins on the RBCs allows him to receive A, B, and AB blood. O is the universal donor and can be accepted by anyone.
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Which plasmid did we use to transform E. coli, and what are the genes it contained?
pGLO: bla, araC, and GFP genes
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What is a palindrome sequence?
A DNA sequence that reads the same forward and backward.
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Name three factors that affect an organism's metabolic rate.
Physiological energy use (exercise), temperature, and body size.
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What are the two processes that occur during meiosis to produce genetic diversity within the daughter cells?
Crossing over and independent assortment
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Purple kernels: 586
Yellow kernels: 214
What is the predicted phenotypic ratio of these offspring? What are the predicted phenotypes of the parents?
3:1 ratio, parents would be heterozygotes for the kernel color gene
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Make predictions for the following growth environments for E. coli:
1. -pGLO/LB
2. -pGLO/LB/amp
3. +pGLO/LB/amp
4. +pGLO/LB/amp/ara
1. Lawn growth, no glow
2. No growth, no glow
3. Colony growth, no glow
4. Colony growth, glow
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Why did we use agarose sugar for the gel?
It forms a gel matrix, allowing smaller fragments of DNA to move faster and larger fragments to move slower throughout it during electrophoresis.
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Given a RO2 (rate of O2 consumption) of 25 mL/min, how would you go about converting this to total MR (kcal/day)?
1. Convert mL to L: 0.001 L/mL
2. Convert L of oxygen to kcal of heat: 4.8 kcal/L
3. Convert minutes to days: 1440 min/day
After calculations, you obtain a chi-square value of 3.24 for a dihybrid cross. Use the table on page 128 to interpret this result and form a conclusion. What do these results mean?
With 3 df, 3.24 is not significant. This means that there is no significant difference between the observed results and the expected results. Thus, the predicted phenotypic ratio (and parental genotypes) are likely correct.
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Name some ways that genetic transformation is used in the real world.
1. Transform bacteria with the human gene for insulin
2. Transform agricultural crops with the ability to avoid insect predation
3. Gene therapy
4. Transform bacteria with the ability to degrade oil
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What are the roles of salt, soap, and alcohol in DNA extraction?
Detergents in dish soap break open the cell membranes in the saliva, allowing their contents to leave the cell.
Positively-charged sodium ions will cause the negatively-charged DNA molecules to solidify.
Alcohol will cause the DNA to aggregate and clump together out of the solution.