Molecular & Heredity Unit Test (study guide)

Study guide:

Know what the central dogma of biology is and all the steps (be able to label DNA, RNA, Protein/Amino Acid)

Structure/parts of DNA, purpose of DNA, how to "copy" it, when is it copied, why is it copied within a cell

Gel electrophoresis, how it works, the purpose, the general steps, how to "read" it, why things move within the gel as they do

DNA fingerprinting, purpose, be able to read a gel, why does DNA fingerprinting work to identify humans? 

Mitosis vs Meiosis - understand the differences, when they are used, purpose, outcome, similarities (card sort activity/assignment)

Pedigree: be able to read one and draw one given the information, purpose, identify dominant/recessive diseases, autosomal/sex-linked diseases

Karyotype: be able to read one, understand what autosome vs sex-linked means.

Cancer: how is it caused, what is occurring, why it is bad, how can it be cured

Know about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Huntington's Disease (background of each)

Be able to read the Genetic Code below:

For example, if the mRNA code is AUG ACU UAA what are the amino acids this codes for? (Answer is Met (which is the start codon) Thr and Stop (which is the stop codon).