Chapter 9 Vocab

  1. - The molecules that carry the body's genetic information.
    Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
  2. - A threadlike structure in the cell nucleus composed of DNA, along with the genes are located.
    Chromosome
  3. - A substance composed of a large number of atoms. These atoms are usually arranged in repeating units.
    Polymer
  4. - A repeating unit of DNA consisting of one of four bases- adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine -attached to a phosphate sugar group.
    Nucleotide
  5. - The specific pairing of base A and T and base C with G in double-stranded DNA.
    Complementary Base Pairing
  6. - Polymers of amino acids that play basic roles in the structure and function of living things.
    Proteins
  7. - The building blocks of protein.
    Amino Acids
  8. - The order of bases on all twenty-three pairs of human chromosomes.
    Human Genome
  9. - The synthesis of new DNA from existing DNA.
    Replication
  10. - A technique for replicating or copying a portion of a DNA strand outside a living cell.
    Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  11. - Region of a chromosome that contains multiple copies of a core DNA sequence arranged in a repeating fashion.
    Tandem Repeat
  12. - Different fragment lengths of base pairs that result from cutting a DNA molecule with restriction enzymes.
    Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLP)
  13. - Chemical that acts as scissors to cut DNA molecules at specific locations.
    Restriction Enzyme
  14. - A technique for separating molecules through their migration on a support medium under the influence of an electrical potential.
    Electrophoresis
  15. - The process of joining two complementary strands of DNA to form a double-stranded molecule.
    Hybridization
  16. - A short strand of DNA used to target a region of DNA for replication by PCR.
    Primer
  17. - A region of DNA molecule that contains short segments of three to seven repeating base pairs.
    Short Tandem Repeat (STR)
  18. - A technique that simultaneously detects more than one DNA marker in a single analysis.
    Multiplexing
  19. - A genetic locus useful for determining gender.
    Amelogenin Gene
  20. - Short tandem repeats located on the human Y chromosome.
    Y-STRs
  21. - Small structures outside the nucleus that supply energy to the cell.
    Mitochondria
  22. - One-trillionth of a gram, or 0.00000000001 gram.
    Pictogram
  23. - A procedure used to determine the order of the base pairs that constitute DNA.
    Sequencing
  24. - Fewer than eighteen DNA-bearing cells.
    Low Copy Number
  25. - The outer layer of skin cells.
    Epithelial Cells
  26. - An unstained object adjacent to an area on which biological material has been deposited.
    Substrate Control
  27. - Cells from the inner cheek lining.
    Buccal Cells
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