BIOL 202- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 185 pages long!)
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Each cell contains chromos and chromos contain genes. Genetics can be thought of as a system of biological information transfer. Information has to replicate and be passed on from cell to cell during growth from parent to progeny: the information system is not entirely error-proof leading to the generation of diversity. Information translated into a blueprint for development (rna = blueprint proteins: rna gives us the phenotype. In the nucleus: dna undergoes transcription to form the primary rna transcript undergoes rna processing to produce mature rna (splicing of introns which are sequences of non-coding rna) gets transported out to the cytoplasm. In the cytoplasm: ribosomes attach to the mrna translation into proteins. Hemophilia a = missing factor viii in the clotting cascade. Hemophilia b = missing factor ix in the clotting cascade. At least one of these is due to an x-link proteins are made but are non-functional.
