Proteins
Genetic Variation
Growth & Development
CRISPR
Potpourri
100

Process of rewriting DNA into mRNA

What is transcription?

100

When a mistake is made during DNA replication it is referred to as this.

What is a mutation?
100

Process in eukaryotes in which one cell produces 2 new, identical cells

What is mitosis?

100

An ethical concern associated with using CRISPR

What is safey concerns, use of CRISPR on embryos, curing genetic diseases vs enhancements, cost and availability of such technology?

100

This is a family tree that shows how a certain trait movevs through generations

What is a pedigree?

200

Process of reading the mRNA to produce a chain of amino acids. 

What is translation?

200

Made up of the alleles given by each parent and determines the phenotype of an organism

What is a genotype?

200

A process in which stem cells become specialized and take on specific roles within the organism.

What is differentiation?

200

Benefits of CRISPR over other gene editing technologies

What is cheap, precise, simple and easy to use?

200

Two parents with normal blood produce a child with sickle cell disease. This must be true of both parents' genotypes. 

What is both parents are heterozygous or carriers?

300

Location in the cell where protein synthesis occurs.

What is the ribosome?

300

A process that produces gametes (haploid cells/half the # of chromosomes) in sexually reproducing organisms

What is meiosis?

300

Name 2 roles of mitosis in multicellular organisms

What is growth, repair and asexual reproduction?

300

The full name of the process known as CRISPR

Clustered, Regularly, Interspaced, Short, Palendromic, Repeats

300
When there is a change to the DNA sequence of a gene, it can potentially impact the function of a protein, explain why

The gene is used to produce mRNA and eventually determines the sequence of amino acids of a protein. If the amino acid sequence changes, the function of the protein can be altered greatly

400

This protein anchors the inner part of a muscle cell to the cell membrane and prevents damage from occuring during contraction and relaxation. 

What is dystrophin?

400

Environmental factors that can causes mutations that are sometimes inheritable

What is radiation (X-ray or ultraviolet), exposure to chemicals in the environment, etc.?

400

A parent cell contains 30 chromosomes. The cell undergoes mitosis. This is the new number of chromosomes the cell contains. 

What is 30 chromosomes?

400

The names of the 2 women who discovered CRISPR and invented a way to use it as a gene editing technology

Who are Emmanuel Charpetier and Jennifer Doudna?
400

The process of going from DNA to RNA to proteins is known as this

What is protein synthesis (or gene expression)?

500

Cells contain about 10,000 different proteins and can perform a lot of different functions, describe at least 2 specific functions of proteins

What is carry oxygen in the blood (hemoglobin), allow for salts/ions to move in and out of the cell, anchor the inner part of the muscle cell to the cell membrane, aid in digestion of food, allow for cellular respiration to occur, etc. ?

500

A skin cell of a newly identified species contains 40 chromosomes. This is the number of chromosomes found in the gamete of this species.

What is 20?

500
The name given to the first cell of a living organism that is produced by fertilization. 

What is zygote?

500

CRISPR is a natural system that was first found in bacteria and served this purpose

What is immune system or system for detecting viruses, destroying them and remembering the DNA sequence of them for future use?

500

In order for a new trait to be inheritable, the mutation must occur here

What is in the zygote, embryo or sperm and egg cells?