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Principles of Genetics

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Definitions
What is genetics,
What is a genome,
What is heredity
23  cards
History and important experiments
What was griffiths experiment in ...,
What was avery macleod and mccart...,
Why did scientists still believe ...
11  cards
Structure of DNA
What are the 4 criteria that make...,
What are the 5 nitrogenous bases ...,
What are the 3 components of a nu...
14  cards
DNA Replication
What are the 3 potential models f...,
What would messelson and stahl ha...,
What would messelson and stahl ha...
19  cards
Biochemical Pathways and Complementation
What is a biochemical pathway,
How can a prototrophic strain be ...,
Why are auxotrophs unable to grow...
8  cards
Mutations
What is a mutation,
What is a mutant,
What are the two things that resu...
39  cards
Genetic disorders
What kind of mutation results in ...,
What kind of mutation results in ...,
What kind of mutation results in ...
9  cards
DNA repair
What does photolyase do what does...,
What does alkyltransferase do,
What is the base excision repair ...
10  cards
Mitosis and Meiosis
What are the 4 phases of cell cycle,
How much time does a cell spend i...,
What is a chromosome
37  cards
Mendelian genetics
What is mendels first law of equa...,
What is mendels second law of ind...,
What was known about inheritance ...
16  cards
Patterns of Inheritance and Sex Determination
What are the 4 simple gene trait ...,
What are autosomes,
How do we differentiate between a...
15  cards
Pedigrees
What 4 things make it difficult t...,
What is a pedigree,
What are the symbols used to repr...
11  cards
Variance vs Disorder
What is polymorphism,
Why is variance different from a ...
2  cards
X-chromosome inactivation
How can males and females both ha...,
How are x chromosomes inactivated,
What is the name of the inactivat...
8  cards
Linkage
What is a parental type gamete,
What is a recombinant type gamete,
How do we write the genotype for ...
16  cards
Allelic interactions
What is the f2 phenotypic ratio s...,
What is the f2 phenotypic ratio s...,
What is haplosufficiency what kin...
14  cards
Gene Interactions
What is epistasis,
What is the epistatic allele and ...,
What is the f2 phenotypic ratio s...
6  cards
Variable phenotype
How can we get variability in the...,
Is it possible to have a carrier ...,
What is variable penetrance
4  cards
Non-Mendelian Inheritance
What is extranuclear inheritance,
What is a maternal effect,
If a gene is found in the mitocho...
15  cards
Chromosome changes
What causes duplications and dele...,
What happens to the chromosome st...,
What is an inversion
7  cards

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