Cell Cycle/Cancer
Mitosis
Meiosis
Genetics 1
Genetics 2
100
What checkpoints check for breaks in the DNA?
What is G1/S and G2/M checkpoints.
100
List all steps of mitosis in order.
What is prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase.
100
Why is sexual reproduction better than asexual reproduction?
What is increased genetic diversity.
100
What is the principle of independent assortment?
What is homologous pairs of chromosomes line up randomly in metaphase of meiosis?
100
What are linked genes?
What are two genes located on the same chromosome.
200
What molecule activates CDKs?
What are cyclins.
200
During metaphase, what two things are the spindle apparatus attached to?
What is centrosome/centriole and centromere.
200
A diploid cell in G2 has 92 chromosomes. What is the n number for this species?
What is 23?
200
What is another way of describing, BB, Bb and bb?
What is homozygous dominant, heterozygous, homozygous recessive?
200
What kind of dominance results in a heterozygote having a phenotype halfway between a homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive?
What is incomplete dominance?
300
___________ is a gene that tells a cell to grow.
What is a proto-oncogene?
300
Which phase of the cell cycle are your nerve cells in for the most part?
What is G0?
300
What is one similarity and one difference between anaphse I in meiosis and anaphase in mitosis?
What is homologous chromosomes being separated vs. sisters being separated.
300
Disorders inherited in this way cannot have carriers.
What is autosomal dominant.
300
Describe an example of the environment affecting a phenotype?
What is ??
400
Why does it take more than one mutation to cause cancer?
Because you have many redundant tumor suppressors.
400
How exactly does a CDK/cyclin pair tell the cell to proceed in the cell cycle?
What is the cdk phosphorylates proteins.
400
The n number for cats is 19. How many chromosomes are present in the following stages of meiosis? After S phase, after meiosis I, after meiosis II.
What is 76,38,19.
400
Why are males more likely to suffer from X-linked disorders?
What is females would have to inherit two bad alleles, males only have to inherit one.
400
List all the possible gamete genotypes of the following parent. Aabb
What is Ab and ab.
500
Which two types of proteins are mutated in cancer and what do the mutations do to each type of protein?
What is tumor suppressor and oncogene.
500
What is checked at the metaphase checkpoint, and why is this important?
What is that the chromosomes are attached to both centrosomes and to prevent non-disjunction.
500
What are the possible genotypes of the offspring resulting from the following cross? Aabb X aabb
What is Aabb and aabb?
500
What is the difference between incomplete dominance and codominance?
What is ??
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