Human Genome
The number of chromosomes in each human cell.
What is 46?
_____ is a company that sequences your genome and send you your genetic profile.
Ex: What is 23&Me or Ancestry.com?
(etc.)
DNA was discovered in the
A) 1700's
B) 1800's
C) 1900's
D) 2000's
B) 1869!
Friedrich Miescher isolates a substance from the nuclei of white blood cells, later identified as DNA, marking the first discovery of DNA.
True or False: cloning is possible
True!
Think: what are the ethical implications?
___ is a genetic disease
(answers will vary)
confirm answer
True of False: the environment effects our traits along with our genome
What is true?
PPE stands for...
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
Gregor Mendel used this plant to study inheritance.
What are Pea plants?
True or False: you share 30% of your DNA with plants
We are all
A) 0.1%
B) 24%
C) 99%
D) 100%
genetically alike
C) 99%
One of the four nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA.
What is Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, or Tyrosine?
PCR stands for ____
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?
____ discovered the double helix of DNA.
Who are James Watson and Francis Crick? (Bonus points for Rosalind Franklin)
True or False: The products of meiosis are genetically identical daughter cells.
False. That is the case of mitosis, not meiosis. Meiosis is responsible for genetic variation.
Genes make up:
A) 3%
B) 13%
C) 33%
D) 93%
of your DNA
A) 3%
The name of the effort that sequenced the full human genome.
The Human Genome Project
Toxic chemicals be store here.
What is a Hazardous Waste Container?
CRISPR was invented in ____
(correct if within 5 years of correct answer)
when is 2012?
The animal humans are most genetically similar to.
What are Chimpanzees?
DNA from one cell would be this long if it were all connected in one single strand
What is 6 feet?
True or False: your DNA never changes
What is False? throughout your life, your DNA acquires random mutations during replication that change your DNA sequence. Most of the time these changes are not noticeable.
Separates DNA (or RNA) by size and charge for genotyping.
What is Gel Electrophoresis?
It took this long to complete the Human Genome Project
(correct if within 2 years)
When is 12 years?
The length of ALL of the DNA in your body together in one strand would reach this planet and back.
What is Pluto?
The goal of CRISPR
selectively modify DNA in the genome