DNA
Mutations
Pedigrees
Important People
Any Category
100
Where is DNA located in the cell?
Nucleus
100
What CAUSES a change in DNA?
Mutagen
100
What represents a male and female?
Square and circle
100
What did Franklin use to discover that DNA was spiral shaped?
X rays
100
3
200
What makes up a nucleotide?
phosphate
sugar
base
200
What are the three kinds of mutations?
insertion
deletion
substitution
200
How do you show someone is a carrier?
Half filled in
200
Watson and Crick discovered DNA was what shape and built what to show it?
Double helix and models
200
What kind of mutation is shown:
TGGACAT --> TGACAT
Deletion
300
What shape is DNA?
double helix
300
What kind of mutation is shown?
TGTCAGA --> TGTACAGA
Insertion
300
What kind of offspring would a couple have if one is completely filled in and one is not filled in at all?
Carriers/Half filled in
300
Who stole the famous Photo 51 to show others?
Wilkins
300
In DNA, the "steps of the ladder" are made up of ...
Bases
400
Adenine always matches with ___________.
Guanine always matches with ___________.
Thymine
Cytosine
400
What kind of mutation is shown?
CGATTAG --> CCATTAG
Substitution
400
What do the Roman numerals represent?
Each generation
400
Who won the Nobel prize?
Watson, Crick, and Wilkins
400
How many pets does Ms. Niedt have?
9
500
What is the complimentary strand of DNA:
GGCTACGATTA
CCGATGCTAAT
500
Name two examples of MUTAGENS
UV rays, x rays, cigarette smoke, asbestos, viruses, bacteria, etc
500
If the mother has sickle cell disease and she has 4 children, TWO have sickle cell disease and TWO are carriers, what must the husband's genotype be?
Aa (carrier)
500
Who discovered that A goes with T and C goes with G?
Chargaff
500
Complete the complimentary strand of DNA
ATGCGGATCATGCC
TACGCCTAGTACGG