A type of bond that results in the sharing of electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
100
This is a rare change in DNA that may lead to genetic diversity.
What is a mutation??
100
This type of fat has all single bonds between its carbon atoms.
What is saturated??
100
This macromolecule is made of nucleotides.
What is nucleic acid??
100
PCR stands for this
What is polymerase chain reaction???
200
The destruction of beta cells as a result of Type I Diabetes occurs here in the body.
What is the pancreas?
200
This is the cause of Sickle Cell Disease.
What is a genetic mutation?
200
Cholesterol is produced in this organ.
What is the liver??
200
There are this many amino acids that make up proteins.
What is twenty??
200
Restriction endonucleases (enzymes) cut this type of molecule.
What is DNA??
300
This is a type of bond that holds hydrophilic molecules together.
What is a hydrogen bond???
300
You are immune to this disease if you have or carry the gene for Sickle Cell Anemia.
What is malaria?
300
This type of lipoprotein has the highest protein content.
What is HDL??
300
DNA wraps around this type of protein to form chromatin, which coils to form chromosomes.
What are histone proteins???
300
These are 2 of several important rules for using a micropipette.
What are never turning the volume too much, pipetting vertically, only going to the first stop, changing tips, and pressing down before inserting into liquid??
400
In a hypertonic environment, water moves in this direction.
What is out of the cell??
400
A person that makes both normal red blood cells and sickle red blood cells are most likely this genotype.
What is heterozygous (HS, H)??
400
This molecule contains three fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule.
What is a triglyceride?
400
Glycogen is an example of this type of macromolecule.
What is a carbohydrate?
400
This would happen to the DNA if the agarose concentration in our gel was increased.
What is it wouldn't move as far??
500
These are the two types of reactions involving polymers- one creates and one disassembles.
What are dehydration synthesis/condensation and hydrolysis?
500
If parent 1 has the sickle cell gene (H,HS), and parent 2 has the sickle cell gene (HS,HS), this percentage of the offspring are likely to have sickle-cell anemia (the full-blown disease).
What is 50%
500
This is one of the genetic diseases that is often responsible for high cholesterol in young adults.
What is familial hypercholesterolemia?
500
There are approximately this many genes in the human genome.
What is 30,000 (23,000)??
500
These are the steps for a PCR reaction (in order).
What are separation of strands, annealing of primers, and elongation?