History of Genetics
Foundational Research
Let's Talk Chromosomes
Cell Cycle
Meiosis
100

Organisms that are easy to grow, have a short life cycle, produce many offspring, and can easily be analyzed genetically

Model Organisms

100

What are the 4 bases in DNA? (Letters are fine)

Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

100

What is the term for alternative versions of the same gene?

Alleles

100

Name one purpose of the cell cycle

Wound healing, Growth, Cell replacement
100

How many daughter cells are produced at the end of meiosis?

4 daughter cells.

200

This revolutionary gene-editing technology, adapted from bacteria’s defense against invading viruses, uses a guide RNA and a nuclease to cut DNA at specific sites.

CRISPR-Cas9

200

What was the conclusion from the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty and Hershey and Chase Experiments?

DNA is the genetic material

200
What is the name of the protein that sits on the centromere of a chromosome?

Kinetochore Proteins

200

In this phase of mitosis, sister chromatids are pulled apart and moved toward the poles.

Anaphase

200

A cell has homologous chromosomes paired as tetrads aligned at the metaphase plate. Is the cell in the middle of Mitosis, Meiosis I, or Meiosis II?

Meiosis I

300

This theory suggests that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves

Preformation

300

In the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment, heat-killed virulent S-Strain was exposed to a protease. Then it was combined with non-infectious R-Strain. 

That same mixture was then injected into a mouse. What happened to this mouse? 

The mouse died

300

The number of chromatids and chromosomes in the image

Open the file titled "Exam 1 Jeopardy" to see the image and answer. 

300

During this phase of the cell cycle, cells grow and replicate organelles.

G1

300

What is the name of the process where homologous chromosomes are brought together by cohesion proteins during Prophase I?

Synapsis

400

A researcher induces a frameshift mutation in a gene to permanently turn it off. What type of reverse genetics is this?

Gene knock-out

400

Which of the three experiments we discussed in class used radioactively labelled bacteriophages to infect bacterial cells?

Hershey and Chase

400

In Eukaryotic cells, DNA is tightly wrapped around ________ proteins.

Histone

400

What is the term used to describe cell division in prokaryotic organisms?

Binary fission
400

During which phase of meiosis are homologous chromosomes no longer connected at the chiasmata? 

Anaphase I

500

What technique was used to clone Dolly the sheep?

Nuclear Transfer

500

What was the final conclusion from Frederick Griffith's experiment which infected mice with non-virulent R-Strain and virulent S-Strain?

Something from the heat-killed S-Strain was transferred to the R-Strain --> The Transforming Principle

500

Chromosomes decondense at the end of mitosis into ________.

Chromatin

500

A cell begins separating sister chromatids, but one chromosome is not properly attached to its spindle fiber. Which cell cycle checkpoint failed?

Metaphase Checkpoint

500

What are the two sources of genetic variation in Meiosis?

Crossing over and independent assortment

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