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University of Tennessee BIOL 240 Bio240 Midterm Study Guide Chapter 1: 1)Whataregenes?Whatarechromosomes?Whatarealleles? 2

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Bio240 Midterm Study Guide

Chapter 1:

1)Whataregenes?Whatarechromosomes?Whatarealleles?

2.            WhoareWatson,Crick, Franklin,andChargaff?Whatwaseachone’scontribution?

3.            Whatarehomologouschromosomes?Are theythesameassisterchromatids?

4.            In mitosis,dohomologouschromosomesor sisterchromatidssplit?Whataboutmeiosis? Whatarethebeginningstagesandoutcomesof bothmitosisandmeiosis?

5.            Whatis anucleoid?Whatis foundthere?Whattypeof organismsarenucleiodsfound?

 

6.            Whataregametes?

7.            Knowthedifferencebetweenphenotypeandgenotype?

8.            Whatis genetics?Whatis agenome?

 

9.            Howcanyoudistinguishbetweenthe3 Domainsof life?

10.          Whatarethebuildingblocksof DNA?

11.          Knowthedifferencebetweentranscriptionandtranslation?Whattypeof RNA is translatedintoprotein?

12.          Whatarethe3 majorbranchesof moderngenetics?Whatis transmissiongeneticsalso

called?Why?

13.          Whatis meantbysemiconservative?

14.          Whatis reversetranscriptase?

15.          Whatis therelationshipbetweenthemRNA andtheDNA codingstrand?Which directionis DNA read?Whatis thetypicalnomenclaturefor this?

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16.          Whatareexons?Whatareintrons?

17.          How manytripletcodonsarethere?How manyaminoacidsdotheycodefor?