Chromosomes
In the nucleus
Where chromosomes are located
The building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids
Double helix
What is the shape of DNA?
What is a point mutation?
Genetically modified virus.
What is a vector?
23 pairs
What is the number of human chromosomes?
Determines the function of a protein
What is the folded shape of a protein?
Subunits of DNA
What are nucleotides?
A change in DNA sequence that introduces an early stop codon.
What is a nonsense mutation?
Where it occurs in the genome.
What determines a mutation's impact/effect?
The presence of this determines a male
May or may not change the function of a protein
A to T and G to C
What is complimentary base pairing?
A group of nucleotides are flipped to read in reverse order.
What is an inversion mutation?
Type of gene therapy that turns off expression of genes. (Manny sickle cell)
What is gene switching?
The entire sequence of DNA in a cell.
What is the genome?
Instructions to produce a protein.
What is a gene?
The backbone of the helix
What are sugar and phosphates?
Insertion or deletion of a nucleotide.
What is a frameshift mutation?
Replacing a targeted segment of DNA with a new sequence.
What is CRISPR?
DNA coiled around proteins
Second step in protein synthesis.
What is translation?
Semiconservative
What is the method of DNA replication?
X-rays, pollution, and some viruses for example.
What is a mutagen?
Inherited by offspring.
What are germ-cell mutations?