Mendelian Genetics
A section of DNA that provides the instructions for making a protein
What is a gene
Genes are located on chromosomes and the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis accounts for inheritance patterns
What is the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
Any change in DNA (the order of nucleotides bases/letters)
What is a mutation
Production of antibiotics, vaccines, and synthetic hormones are examples of,
What is biotechnology
The first cloned animal
Who is Dolly the sheep
Different versions of the same gene
Alleles
The heterozygous phenotype is somewhere between the two homozygous phenotypes. Neither allele is completely dominant or recessive
What is Incomplete Dominance
Point and frameshift mutations are types of what kind of mutation
What is a gene mutation
The direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology
What is genetic engineering
A gene editing technique that helps is to understand the genetics behind many diseases
What is CRISPR
The matching chromosomes from our mom and dad
What is homologous chromosomes
When one gene overshadows all of the others
What is epistasis
Duplication, Translocation, Nondisjunction are types of what kind of mutation
What are chromosome mutations
Artificially made DNA from 2 or more different sources
What is recombinant DNA
Organisms altered by recombinant DNA technology for desired traits
What are GMOs
When you want to know the actual alleles inherited, you ask for:
What is a genotype?
Genes that are physically located on the same chromosome will be inherited together
What are linked genes
Sickle cell anemia is an example of what kind of mutation?
What is a gene mutation
The first complete map of the entire human genome, completed in 2003
What is the Human Genome Project
A type of selective breeding between unrelated organisms
What is hybridization
The physical traits/characteristics that manifest in an organism
What is the phenotype
Someone who carries the recessive trait, but doesn’t show it due to having a dominant X to mask it
Down syndrome is an example of what kind of mutation
What is a chromosome mutation
A laboratory method that uses an electric current to separate DNA fragments based on their molecular size
What is gel electrophoresis
A technique that allows you to copy a piece of DNA without a cell.
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)