This document provides a series of questions to guide students through a genetics and DNA/protein synthesis review activity on the internet. The questions cover topics like what DNA and chromosomes are, how proteins are involved in processes like feeling pain, how genes relate to proteins and heredity, genetic traits, and how transcription and translation lead to protein synthesis and expression of traits like the glowing of fireflies. Students are directed to specific pages on a genetics learning website to find the answers to the 27 multiple choice and short answer questions.
Midterm ReviewQuestions1. What is the difference between prokar.docxannandleola
Midterm ReviewQuestions:
1. What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? What components do all cells have in common?
2. List the organelles found in a eukaryotic cell and their functions.
3. Compare mitosis and meiosis. What is the purpose of mitosis? meiosis? which process produces exact copies?
4. Which process produces genetic diversity? describe the ways genetic diversity is produced during the process.
5. Which process has one duplication and two divisions?
6. Which process produces haploid gametes for sexual reproduction?
7. Humans have 46 chromosomes. Is this a haploid or diploid number?
8. How many X chromosomes does a human female possess?
9. Why are men more prone to X-linked traits?
10. What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?
11. Explain the difference between dominant and recessive; are dominant more commonly observed in nature?
12. Give examples of homozygous recessive alleles, homozygous dominant alleles and heterozygous alleles.
13. Explain the pH scale and what constitutes an acid/base/neutral. Chemically, what do acids and bases do? What does a buffer do?
14. Explain covalent versus ionic bonding. How do they differ? Give examples of each and explain how they differ with regard to electrons.
15. What are the monomers of starch? What are the monomers of nucleic acids? What are the monomers of proteins? How are the monomers joined to form polymers?
16. Discuss the qualities of water that make it unique and why hydrogen bonds are responsible.
17. What are the different types of lipids and what do they have in common?
18. Where do we find a plasma membrane?
19. What makes up the plasma membrane? list and discuss the components of the plasma membrane.
20. How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ with regard to their DNA?
21. Define haploid versus diploid. If the haploid number is 5 what is the diploid number?
22. What is a karyotype?
23. What is another word for Trisomy 21.
24. Discuss transcription and translation. What is happening in each process? Where do they occur?
25. If DNA codes for RNA what does RNA code for?
26. What is a codon?
27. Codons are translated into ___________?
28. What is the primary level of protein structure?
29. Do all proteins have quaternary structure?
30. How many segments of the genetic code translate to an amino acid? a start? a stop?
31. What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
32. Compare and contrast DNA and RNA in structure, sugar, function and bases.
33. What is semi-conservative replication?
34. If G-C-T-A-C-G-T-T-A is a DNA strand what is the complementary DNA strand?
35. For the same DNA strand list the RNA transcript and translate it using the genetic code
...
Midterm ReviewQuestions1. What is the difference between prokar.docxannandleola
Midterm ReviewQuestions:
1. What is the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? What components do all cells have in common?
2. List the organelles found in a eukaryotic cell and their functions.
3. Compare mitosis and meiosis. What is the purpose of mitosis? meiosis? which process produces exact copies?
4. Which process produces genetic diversity? describe the ways genetic diversity is produced during the process.
5. Which process has one duplication and two divisions?
6. Which process produces haploid gametes for sexual reproduction?
7. Humans have 46 chromosomes. Is this a haploid or diploid number?
8. How many X chromosomes does a human female possess?
9. Why are men more prone to X-linked traits?
10. What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?
11. Explain the difference between dominant and recessive; are dominant more commonly observed in nature?
12. Give examples of homozygous recessive alleles, homozygous dominant alleles and heterozygous alleles.
13. Explain the pH scale and what constitutes an acid/base/neutral. Chemically, what do acids and bases do? What does a buffer do?
14. Explain covalent versus ionic bonding. How do they differ? Give examples of each and explain how they differ with regard to electrons.
15. What are the monomers of starch? What are the monomers of nucleic acids? What are the monomers of proteins? How are the monomers joined to form polymers?
16. Discuss the qualities of water that make it unique and why hydrogen bonds are responsible.
17. What are the different types of lipids and what do they have in common?
18. Where do we find a plasma membrane?
19. What makes up the plasma membrane? list and discuss the components of the plasma membrane.
20. How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ with regard to their DNA?
21. Define haploid versus diploid. If the haploid number is 5 what is the diploid number?
22. What is a karyotype?
23. What is another word for Trisomy 21.
24. Discuss transcription and translation. What is happening in each process? Where do they occur?
25. If DNA codes for RNA what does RNA code for?
26. What is a codon?
27. Codons are translated into ___________?
28. What is the primary level of protein structure?
29. Do all proteins have quaternary structure?
30. How many segments of the genetic code translate to an amino acid? a start? a stop?
31. What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
32. Compare and contrast DNA and RNA in structure, sugar, function and bases.
33. What is semi-conservative replication?
34. If G-C-T-A-C-G-T-T-A is a DNA strand what is the complementary DNA strand?
35. For the same DNA strand list the RNA transcript and translate it using the genetic code
...
Biology 106 EpistasisSex linked TraitsAnswer each question in.docxhartrobert670
Biology 106 Epistasis/Sex linked Traits
Answer each question in the space provided (in your own words of course). There is more than ample space for the answers. Don’t worry if your answer doesn’t take up the entire space!! Remember to use your name and the assignment name for the file name.
1. Marfan syndrome is a dominant disorder. In the cross Mm x mm, what percentage of the children are expected to inherit the disorder? Explain your answer.
2. How does non-disjunction cause Down syndrome? What is specifically happening in which process to cause this disorder?
3a. Labrador retrievers coat color is controlled by two genes. For the cross bbEe x BbEe, list the gametes produced by each parent.
3b. What color puppies will this cross produce?
3c. List the percentage for each color from this cross.
4a. Why are there more males with red/green colorblindness than females?
4b. If Xc denotes the colorblindness allele and X denotes the normal vision allele; From the cross XcX x XY What percentage of boys will be colorblind? What percentage of girls will be colorblind?
5. Shown below is an incompletepedigree for color blindness within a family. Individuals
with “?” provide no information for their phenotype. For all other individuals their genotype is evident from the diagram. From the information provided determine the genotypes and phenotypes for all individuals. Using the numbers in the diagram below, fill in the table that follows. You must determine which individuals are carriers and or afflicted from the
information provided.
Individual
Gender
Genotype
Phenotype
(Normal/Carrier/Colorblind)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
6. Explain your determination of which individuals are carriers.
Use your textbook, notes and this website to answer the pre lab questions. http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio105/sex-link.htmhttp://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/bio_4.htmhttp://www.biology.arizona.edu/Mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/sex_linked_inheritance/sex_linked_inheritance.html
PreLab Questions:
1. Define the term sex linked in your own words.
2. List 3 common human sex linked traits.
3. What is the most common sex linked trait in fruit flies.
4. What is the genotype of a colorblind female?
5. Define the genetic usage of the term “carrier”.
6. Can a male be a carrier of an X linked sex linked trait? Why or why not?
Click on the link below to access the online lab.
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/pages/LinkedTrait.html
Download and print the instructions for reference as you work through the lab. As you work through the lab fill in the table below. Use this information to answer the questions that follow contained in this document.
Begin by clicking on the notebook on the right hand side of the lab table. Explore the genetics of eye color and wing types by crossing various flies. Once you’ve ...
What is genetics What is DNA Why is DNA important to biolo.pdfadityagupta3310
What is genetics?
What is DNA?
Why is DNA important to biology?
What is the general structure/shape of DNA?
What are the components that DNA is made of?
What are the letters of the DNA alphabet?
Why is it important that DNA has complementary base pairings?
What is a chromosome?
How are chromosomes arranged/structured?
How many chromosomes does a typical human cell have?
What is a gene?
How does a gene carry information?
What is a genome?
What is the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
What is an example prokaryote?
What is an example eukaryote?
How do prokaryotic cells divide?
Why would the method used by prokaryotic cells to divide not work for eukaryotes?
What is mitosis?
What does it mean for a cell to be diploid or haploid?
What is meiosis?
How are the results of mitosis different than the results of meiosis?.
Flowering is an essential part of a plant's life cycle, and getting the timing and placement of flowering right can mean the difference between making lots of seeds for the next generation (success!) and none at all (EPIC fail). In this lesson, students will explore the genes that help Arabidopsis plants decide that it's time to make flowers. Once a plant makes the decision to flower, other genes must signal the right parts of the plants to develop into flowers. When this signaling is interrupted, very strange things can happen! In this lesson module, students will use current bioinformatics tools to build their understanding of how plants use their genes to respond to their environment.
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This is an humble work dedicated to all the parents and their kids
Biology 106 EpistasisSex linked TraitsAnswer each question in.docxhartrobert670
Biology 106 Epistasis/Sex linked Traits
Answer each question in the space provided (in your own words of course). There is more than ample space for the answers. Don’t worry if your answer doesn’t take up the entire space!! Remember to use your name and the assignment name for the file name.
1. Marfan syndrome is a dominant disorder. In the cross Mm x mm, what percentage of the children are expected to inherit the disorder? Explain your answer.
2. How does non-disjunction cause Down syndrome? What is specifically happening in which process to cause this disorder?
3a. Labrador retrievers coat color is controlled by two genes. For the cross bbEe x BbEe, list the gametes produced by each parent.
3b. What color puppies will this cross produce?
3c. List the percentage for each color from this cross.
4a. Why are there more males with red/green colorblindness than females?
4b. If Xc denotes the colorblindness allele and X denotes the normal vision allele; From the cross XcX x XY What percentage of boys will be colorblind? What percentage of girls will be colorblind?
5. Shown below is an incompletepedigree for color blindness within a family. Individuals
with “?” provide no information for their phenotype. For all other individuals their genotype is evident from the diagram. From the information provided determine the genotypes and phenotypes for all individuals. Using the numbers in the diagram below, fill in the table that follows. You must determine which individuals are carriers and or afflicted from the
information provided.
Individual
Gender
Genotype
Phenotype
(Normal/Carrier/Colorblind)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
6. Explain your determination of which individuals are carriers.
Use your textbook, notes and this website to answer the pre lab questions. http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio105/sex-link.htmhttp://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/bio_4.htmhttp://www.biology.arizona.edu/Mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/sex_linked_inheritance/sex_linked_inheritance.html
PreLab Questions:
1. Define the term sex linked in your own words.
2. List 3 common human sex linked traits.
3. What is the most common sex linked trait in fruit flies.
4. What is the genotype of a colorblind female?
5. Define the genetic usage of the term “carrier”.
6. Can a male be a carrier of an X linked sex linked trait? Why or why not?
Click on the link below to access the online lab.
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs_2K8/pages/LinkedTrait.html
Download and print the instructions for reference as you work through the lab. As you work through the lab fill in the table below. Use this information to answer the questions that follow contained in this document.
Begin by clicking on the notebook on the right hand side of the lab table. Explore the genetics of eye color and wing types by crossing various flies. Once you’ve ...
What is genetics What is DNA Why is DNA important to biolo.pdfadityagupta3310
What is genetics?
What is DNA?
Why is DNA important to biology?
What is the general structure/shape of DNA?
What are the components that DNA is made of?
What are the letters of the DNA alphabet?
Why is it important that DNA has complementary base pairings?
What is a chromosome?
How are chromosomes arranged/structured?
How many chromosomes does a typical human cell have?
What is a gene?
How does a gene carry information?
What is a genome?
What is the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
What is an example prokaryote?
What is an example eukaryote?
How do prokaryotic cells divide?
Why would the method used by prokaryotic cells to divide not work for eukaryotes?
What is mitosis?
What does it mean for a cell to be diploid or haploid?
What is meiosis?
How are the results of mitosis different than the results of meiosis?.
Flowering is an essential part of a plant's life cycle, and getting the timing and placement of flowering right can mean the difference between making lots of seeds for the next generation (success!) and none at all (EPIC fail). In this lesson, students will explore the genes that help Arabidopsis plants decide that it's time to make flowers. Once a plant makes the decision to flower, other genes must signal the right parts of the plants to develop into flowers. When this signaling is interrupted, very strange things can happen! In this lesson module, students will use current bioinformatics tools to build their understanding of how plants use their genes to respond to their environment.
Tebessa's Workshop 1.2 May , 2019.
Organized by the Middle School Teachers' Circle ( Facebook )
This is an humble work dedicated to all the parents and their kids
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The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
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Dna And Protein Synthesis Review Internet Activity
1. DNA and Protein Synthesis Review Internet Activity
Name_______________Date__________Mod_______
Directions: As you go through the website, answer the questions carefully.
You may go at your own pace but this assignment is due at the end of the
mod. When it says “GO TO” the place is underlined. Questions are
numbered. You may have to press the “BACK” button on your browser to
find the places.
GO TO http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
GO TO Tour the Basics
GO TO What is DNA?
1. What does DNA stand for?
2. How does only 4 letters help DNA tell the body what to do?
3. What are genes made of?
4. What is hemoglobin?
5. What happens if a hemoglobin gene is mutated?
GO TO What is a Chromosome?
6. What are chromosomes used for?
7. How many chromosomes does a human have?
2. 8. How many chromosomes does a carp have?
GO TO What is a Protein?
9. How do proteins help us feel pain?
10. Why do nerve cells have branches?
11. What do genes have to do with proteins?
12. How do proteins get made? Describe transcription and translation.
13. What happens once a protein is made?
GO TO What is heredity?
14. Why do children look like their parents?
15. How do kids get genes from their parents? Talk about sperm, egg and
chromosomes in your answer.
3. 16. Why is every child unique?
GO TO What is a trait?
17. What is a trait?
18. What types of traits exist?
19. Explain how genetics and environmental influences our traits. Give examples.
20. How are traits determined? Give some examples of combinations.
21. What is homozygous?
22. What is heterozygous?
4. 23. Explain how traits like hitchhiker’s thumb can be inherited. You may draw a
picture.
24. What is incomplete dominance?
GO TO DNA to Protein.
GO TO Transcribe and Translate a Gene
25. Write down your mRNA that you made below.
26. Write down the amino acids in order that you made below.
GO TO What Makes A Firefly Glow?
27. As your view the animation, describe how proteins are created to make fireflies
glow. Use the vocabulary from the animation in your explanation. Be sure to
include all the steps and describe completely.