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MCB 2400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Adult Stem Cell, Seminiferous Tubule, Dna Replication

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11 Dec 2017
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UConn
Department
Molecular and Cell Biology
Course
MCB 2400
Professor
Colleen Spurling

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Chapter 1: what is in a human genome: 1. 1 introducing genes and genomes, genes are the instructions to manufacture proteins, which determine inherited traits, a genome is a complete set of genetic information. A cell, the unit of life, contains two genomes of. Geonomics compares and analyzes the functions of many genes. Bioethics addresses controversies that arise from misuse of genetic information and other situations: 1. 2 levels of genetics and genomics, genes encode proteins and the ribonucleic acid (rna) molecules that synthesize proteins. Rna carries the gene sequence information so that it can be utilized, while the dna is transmitted when the cell divides: much of the genome does not encode protein. The part that does is called the exome: variants of a gene called alleles, arise by mutation. Alleles may differ slightly from one another, but encode the same product: chromosomes consist of dna and protein. The 22 types of autosomes do not include genes that specify sex.

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