DNA Characteristics
PCR
CODIS
DNA Markers
DNA Extractions & Electrophoresis
100

What are are the four nucleotides of DNA?

What are Adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine?

100
This step of PCR unwinds the DNA double helix.
What is denature?
100
This is what CODIS stands for.
What is Combined DNA Index System?
100

RFLPs stand for this. ***Triple POINTS***

What are Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms?

100
This is used to precipitate DNA.
What is alcohol?
200
This is where DNA is stored.
What is the nucleus?
200
This instrument is used for PCR.
What is a thermal cycler?
200
The number of STR loci utilized by CODIS.
What is 13?
200
This what restriction enzymes do.
What is cut DNA at specific sites?
200
This step is done to break the cell walls during DNA extraction.
What is lysis?
300

Only __ % of the order of nitrogen bases in DNA is different.

What is 0.1%?

300

PCR stands for this. **DOUBLE POINTS**

What is polymerase chain reaction?

300


The year that CODIS was launched

What is 1998?

300
This is what STRs stands for.
What is Short Tandem Repeats?
300

What is used to dissolve cell membranes?

What is salt?

400

These are double ringed nitrogen bonds?

What are purines?

400

This is what PCR does.

What is amplification?

400
This is what CODIS keeps.
What is a national database of DNA profiles?
400

What is a SNP?

What is single nucleotide polymorphism?

400

This is used to remove DNA from proteins?

What is detergent?

500

What makes DNA move towards the a specific terminal during electrophoresis?

What is Phosphate?

500
This is the PCR stage at which a low temperature is used to attach primers to the template strands.
What is the annealing stage?
500
The amount of DNA needed for kits to genotype all 13 CODIS markers.
What is 1 nanogram?
500

This is a location in the coding of the DNA that has variation.

What is polymorphism?

500

What direction does DNA move towards during electrophoresis?

What is towards the positive terminal?

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