Bacteria
Circular DNA molecules found in prokaryotes and some eukaryotes.
Plasmid
The type of hearing loss you have when the INNER ear is damaged
sensorineural
The function of PCR
To amplify DNA
A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.
Karyotype
Programmed cell death
Apoptosis
This type of enzyme creates sticky or blunt ends.
Restriction Enzyme
This type of graph shows the frequency of hearing thresholds using Os and Xs.
Audiogram
What does ELISA stand for?
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
What does CRISPR stand for?
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
A nuclear imaging test that produces two dimensional images of the body with the use of radionuclide tracers in the skeletal system
Bone scan
When genetic material is picked up by a bacteria from the environment
Transformation
When using a Rinne Test, the patient hears the tone of the vibration longer and louder when the tuning fork is held next to the ear, as opposed mastoid bone. Does this patient have hearing loss?
Nope- normal hearing
This is a the name of a test done during the first trimester.
Ultrasound, CVS
A procedure in which gametes are fertilized in a dish in the laboratory, zygotes are then implanted in the uterus.
In Vitro Fertilization?
If the microarray dot is red, what can you conclude about the gene?
It is expressed more in cancer patients
The transfer of genetic material between two bacteria which are physically touching
Conjugation
What test can a doctor use to differentiate between sensorineural and conductive hearing loss?
Rinne Test
The first vaccine was
Small pox
What is a vector for gene therapy?
Something used to insert the desired DNA
term for genes that get upregulated in cancer
Oncogenes
The transfer of genetic material from one organism (such as a bacterium) to another by a genetic vector such as a bacteriophage
Transduction
Cochlear implants stimulate this nerve that is attached to the cochlea.
Auditory
What is the correct order for ELISA?
antigen - Primary anitbody - secondary anitbody - substrate
Explain amniocentesis.
technique for determining genetic abnormalities in a fetus by the presence of certain chemicals or defective fetal cells in the amniotic fluid.
Name of the tumor suppressor gene which is most well studied?
p53