Genetics basics
Fill in the blank: DNA is the ____ of our body.
code
Name 2 out of 3 categories of hereditary mutations?
Point mutation, chromosomal mutation, and copy number variation
What was the first genetic mutation tool invented?
ZFNs (Zinc Finger nucleases)
What percent of genes are shared across all people
99%
How many genes do point mutation affect
one or few genes
Which mutation tool is often used to improve crops
TALENs
What do genes encode?
proteins
Which type of mutation can be solved by CRISPR
Point mutations
Name 3 diseases CRISPR is on trial to cure
Cancer, Huntington’s disease, muscular dystrophy, blindness, and malaria
What is the other word for chemical base
nucleotide
What type of mutation is inversion
Chromosomal mutation
Which two people invented CRISPR
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier,
Name the 4 chemical bases and how they pair with each other
Adenine & Thymine, Guanine & Cytosine
Name both Copy number variations
Gene amplification and expanding trinucelotide repeat
What does RLR do that makes it possible competition for CRISPR?
It can edit millions of genes at a time safely