Misecllaneous
Give an example of a good Mutation
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The type of mutation where a base is switched within a codon resulting in a small change, silent mutationn, or a pseudogene
What is Substitution Mutation
What are the 3 genes that code amylase
AMY1, AMY2A. AMY2B
_____ is the ability to walk/move on 2 limbs, and is a key characteristic of humans
bipedalism
What is a Genome?
The complete set of DNA in an ogranism
"survival of the fittest"
What is Natural Selection
A bird migrating is an example of:
What is Adaptation
What Amylase gene had the biggest change
__ is the scientific field concerned with recovering, sequencing and analyzing ancient DNA from extinct species.
paleogenomics
Name 1 responsibility of a Genome
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What speices of bird was used to help prove natural selection
What is a finch
What is frameshift mutation
How much did AMY2a and b increase by
What is from a max 1 to a max of 2
______ is the first species of human to be primarily bipedal
Australopithecus Afarensis
Gene DNA+ Non Gene DNA=?
what is Genome
Charle's Darwin's main area of study on the HMS Beagle
What is the Galapagos Islands
Duplication, AKA ______
Chromosome rearangment/ Frame shift
What was the main food source of hunters and gatherers
what is Meat and Berries
______ is the process where cartilage hardens into bone
ossification
In the analogy of a cook book, what does the "recipe" represent
Genes
Cystic fibrosis is an example of what kind of Mutation
What is a bad Mutation
The enhancment of Notch signaling, prolonged stem cell life, and growth of cerebral cortex is the result of what genome mutation?
What is NOTCH2NL
What time period is thought to be when the amylase increase happened
Roughly how long ago is it believed that the common ancestor between humans and great apes lived
6-8 million years ago
Aprox. how many coding genes are in a human
Aprox. 20,000