Who Gets Cancer and Why?
Express them Genes
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How'd you get those traits?
100
Why are some cancers more common than others?
Different organs have more cells that can divide than others.
100
Translation happens in the _______ of a cell
Ribosome
100
Helicase is an ________ that unzips the DNA
Enzyme
100
BB is a genotype that codes for the phenotype of black hair. If someone has black hair and a BB genotype they are considered to be ______________.
Homozygous Dominant
200
During Prophase of Mitosis DNA condenses into ________ before beginning division.
sister chromatids / chromosomes
200
Transcription happens in this organelle
Nucleus
200
Tumors are large clumps of mutated cells. These tumors can either be cancerous or noncancerous. Cancerous tumors are considered to be ________.
Malignant
200
B is a dominant trait for blue eyes, b is a recessive trait for green eyes. What is the phenotype of someone who received the dominant eye color trait from mom but the recessive trait from dad.
Blue eyes
300
Non-cancer cells become cancer cells when _______ fails to regulate cell division.
p53
300
What is the difference between RNA and DNA?
The nucleotide sequence for RNA includes a U instead of a T
300
Besides height and age, _________ can also have an affect on rate of cancer
geographical location
300
Suzy is homozygous recessive for curly hair. If C is dominant for straight hair and c is dominant for curly what is her genotype?
cc
400
During what phase of the cell cycle can p53 fail to recognize a mutated DNA sequence that happens during DNA replication?
S phase
400
Transcription is the process in which...
DNA is transcribed into RNA
400
What happens during Metaphase in Mitosis?
The sister chromatids line up in the middle of the cell.
400
D is dominant for dark hair, d is recessive for light hair. What is the percent chance of a child having light hair if the dad is heterozygous and the mom is recessive.
50%
500
p53 gene is expressed through this process
gene expression / protein synthesis
500
During translation RNA is translated into __________ which are the subunits of a protein
Amino Acids
500
What is a gene? What does it code for?
A gene is a segment of DNA that codes for a protein.
500
If T is dominant for shortness and t is recessive for tallness. The phenotype of a heterozygous individual would be _________.
Short