Southern Blotting
DNA Structure
History
Definition
Random
100
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
100
Adenine - Thymine (A-T) Cytosin - Guanine (C-G)
Nitrogen bases
100
The year DNA fingerprinting was created.
1984
100
The use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
DNA Fingerprinting
100
DNA is considered to be this kind of evidence
Individual
200
Example of samples needed for DNA analysis
Tissue; blood, hair, skin, etc.
200
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
200
The inventor of DNA fingerprinting.
Alec John Jeffreys
200
A special protein that targets a specific base sequence and cuts DNA into smaller fragments
Restriction Enzyme
200
The name of the sugar found in DNA
Deoxyribose
300
Product used for electrophoresis which is made from seaweed extract
Agarose gel
300
Un-encoded DNA, that does not code for the production of molecules but functions in gene splicing
Introns
300
DNA fingerprinting was first invented for the purpose of
Diagnosing and treating diseases
300
The total amount of DNA in a cell
Genome
300
Introns are also referred to this.
Junk DNA
400
DNA is transferred from agarose gel to _______.
A nylon sheet
400
Encoded DNA, with directions to build molecules
Exons
400
electronic data base of DNA profiles
CODIS
400
RFLP's
Restriction Fragments Length Polymorphisms
400
During PCR, the temperature is increased in separate DNA strands.
Denaturation
500
A molecule labeled with a radioactive isotope, dye, or enzyme that is used to locate a particular sequence or gene on a DNA molecule.
DNA Probes
500
The sides of the helix, referred to as the backbone of DNA, are made up of
Sugar and Phosphate
500
the first person convicted of a crime based on DNA fingerprinting evidence, and the first to be caught as a result of mass DNA screening
Colin Pitchfork
500
The process by which DNA fragments are sorted using an electric current.
Electrophoresis
500
During PCR what three materials are mixed with the crime scene DNA?
Free nucleotides, DNA polymerase, Primers
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