Processes of Genetics Jeopardy

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Processes of Genetics Jeopardy
Meiosis and Mitosis Translation RNA Transcription Recombination DNA Duplication
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Meiosis and Mitosis for 100

• A human cell containing 23 chromosomes would be
  described as this (n).
• What is haploid?

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Translation for 100

• A codon read in the 5 to 3 direction as UAG
  would have an anticodon read in the 5 to 3
  direction as this.
• What is CUA?

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RNA Transcription for 100

• These are removed from the pre-mRNA during RNA
  processing.
• What are exons?

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Recombination for 100

• A parent has the following genotype Ab
• aB The genotype of a recombinant
  gamete would be this.
• What is AB or ab?

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DNA Duplication for 100

• This is the term for the short lengths of DNA
  produced by discontinuous replication of the
  lagging strand.
• What are Okazaki fragments?

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Meiosis and Mitosis for 200

• There are 250 primary spermatocytes present.
  This is the number of mature sperm resulting from
  those spermatocytes.
• What is 1,000?

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Translation for 200

• When the first position of an anticodon is U, the
  third position of its respective codon could be
  this (two options).
• What is A or G?

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RNA Transcription for 200

• Termination of transcription occurs when a
  hairpin of inverted repeats are followed by this.
• What is a string of uracil bases?

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Recombination for 200

• A single crossover event produces this ratio
  between nonrecombinant gametes and recombinant
  gametes.
• What is one to one?

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DNA Duplication for 200

• This enzyme adds extra nucleotides to the G-rich
  DNA strand of the telomere.
• What is telomerase?

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Meiosis and Mitosis for 300

• This term describes the relationship between two
  chromosomes that contain the same genes but
  different alleles.
• What are homologous chromosomes?

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Translation for 300

• A string of these bases code for detachment of
  the RNA being synthesized from the DNA template
  strand.
• What are Uracil bases?

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RNA Transcription for 300

• This alternative pathway for processing pre-mRNA
  has the potential to remove introns and exons.
• What is alternative splicing?

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Recombination for 300

• In a three point testcross there are 67 observed
  double crossovers and 47 expected double
  crossovers. This is the value for the
  interference of the cross.
• What is -0.43?

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DNA Duplication for 300

• This component is required for replication in
  bacterial cells. Its function is to move along
  the DNA strand ahead of the replication fork,
  while breaking and sealing bonds in the DNA
  strand in order to reduce the stress of the
  twisting.
• What is DNA gyrase?

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Meiosis and Mitosis for 400
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• This term describes the meiotic stage of the cell
  shown above.
• What is meiotic metaphase 1?

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Translation for 400

• This is another name for stop codons.
• What are nonsense codons?

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RNA Transcription for 400

• A 21, C 32, U 26, and G 21. This term
  describes how many strands make up the RNA
  described above.
• What is single-stranded?

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Recombination for 400

• The following are the F2 progeny resulting from a
  P generation cross between a tall pea plant with
  green leaves and a short pea plant with yellow
  leaves
• 613 Tall, Green
• 207 Tall, Yellow
• 198 Short, Green
• 54 Short, Yellow
• This is the type of linkage that occurs in the
  above pea plants.
• What is independent assortment?

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DNA Duplication for 400

• This large multiprotein complex has the ability
  to move in a 3 to 5 direction in order to back
  up and remove mismatched nucleotides in a DNA
  sequence.
• What is DNA Polymerase III?

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Meiosis and Mitosis for 500

• There are 44 chromosomes present in a cell in
  meiotic prophase I. This is the number of
  chromosomes present in the daughter cell after
  meiotic telophase II.
• What is 22?

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Translation for 500

• A codon sequence for leucine has the code CUA.
  The C in this sequence undergoes a transversion.
  This is the new triplet code for the codon and
  this is its amino acid.
• What is AUA (isoleucine) or GUA (valine)?

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RNA Transcription for 500

• The following represents a DNA template strand
  5-A A A T C T A G T T G C A T-3. This is the
  sequence of the RNA copied from the template.
• What is 5-A U G C A A C U A G A U U U-3

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Recombination for 500
This gene lies in the middle of the chromosome
that contains the following three genes.
Progeny Genotype Progeny Number
B r I-4 276
B r I-4 79
b r i-4 74
b r i-4 273
B r i-4 2
b r I-4 47
b r I-4 4
B r i-4 53
Total 808
What is B?
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DNA Duplication for 500

• A double-stranded DNA replicates in a radioactive
  medium. This term defines the type of
  replication that would occur if all of the second
  generation DNA molecules consisted of 75
  radioactive DNA and 25 parental DNA.
• What is dispersive replication?

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References

• sciencesuperschool.com
• biologycorner.com
• dna.microbiologyguide.com
• Pierce, Benjamin. Genetics A Conceptual
  Approach 2008.