Define History of Genetics Flashcards

TORTORA  FUNKE  CASE   CH 8

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GENETICS
THE STUDY OF WHAT GENES ARE :
HOW THEY ARE EXPRESSED
HOW THEY CARRY INFORMATION
HOW THEY ARE REPLICATED
GENE
A SEGMENT OF DNA THAT ENCODES A FUNCTIONAL PRODUCT , USUALLY A PROTEIN
CHROMOSOME
STRUCTURE CARRYING DNA THAT PHYSICALLY CARRIES HEREDITARY INFORMATION ; THE CHROMOSOME CONTAINS THE GENES
GENOME
ALL THE GENETIC INFORMATION IN A CELL
GENOMICS
THE MOLECULAR STUDY OF GENOMES
GENOTYPE
THE GENES OF AN ORGANISM
PHENOTYPE
EXPRESSION OF THE GENES
DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME
CLOSED CIRCULAR
Gene Expression consist of two processes
Transcription
Translation
Gene Expression
Gene information within a cell that produces proteins needed for the cell to function.
Recombination
Genetic information transferred between cells of the same generation
Polymer of nucleotides
Adenine
Thymine
Guanine
Cysteine
DNA "backbone" is constructed of
Deoxyribose- phosphate
Strands of DNA are
Anti parallel
DNA is constructed of a associated with proteins
Double helix