Associate Program Material DNA Worksheet Answer the following in at least 100 words: 1. Describe the structure of DNA. DNA really stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is a right handed double helix. Nucleotides that mount together by phosphodiester bonds make up DNA. It also contains a spiral strand that is made of phosphate backbone and secure bases (Adenine‚ Guanine‚ Cytosine‚ Thymine). Cytosine and Thymine are Pyrimidines‚ while Adenine and Guanine are Purines.
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A mutation is a change in DNA. To be more specific‚ it’s a change in the arrangement of bases in an individual gene or the structure of the chromosome which changes the arrangement. There are many types of mutations such as point mutation‚ frameshift‚ and chromosomal mutations. Each kind can either be very effective or not change much at all. It depends on the exact case and which kind it is. Some are more severe then others‚ for example point mutation is much less harmful then chromosomal mutation
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Carbohydrates have two major functions in plants and animals: they serve as fuel and building material. Plants store most of their energy in the form of starch. Starch is a polysaccharide (consisting of several conjoined sugars). Synthesizing starch enables the plant to stockpile surplus glucose‚ and since glucose is a major cellular fuel‚ starch represents stored energy. The sugar can later be withdrawn by hydrolysis‚ which breaks the bonds between monomers. Animals‚ in turn‚ have enzymes that
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When DNA profiling was first used in criminal cases‚ it was often difficult for prosecutors and defense attorneys‚ as well as the experts they hired to testify‚ to explain the significance of their DNA match to the jury. Fingerprints are still considered by most people to be an ironclad way to identify someone‚ but an expert testifying about fingerprints discusses them in terms of "points of similarity." DNA matches are discussed in terms of statistical probability using what is currently known about
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“Should we manipulate the DNA of bacteria?” This is a question that has no definite answer‚ but a limitless amount of controversy. Since DNA is the code within each and every cell that instructs them on how to function and bacteria are rapidly reproducing microbes‚ genetic engineering is something to be considered. In fact‚ Bacteria were the first organisms to be genetically engineered. Modifying or manipulating the DNA of microbes and bacteria should continue to be allowed because it can be used
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DNA Extraction from Wheat Germ and Making an Agarose Gel AIM: To be able to make and agarose gel and perform gel electrophoresis in six different dyes. Also‚ to extract DNA from wheat germ. INTRODUCTION: Agarose gel is a substance that is used in science for gel electrophoresis and size exclusion chromatography. These processes use agarose gel to separate and analyze proteins and DNA. The medium is composed of a purified agarose powder that has been boiled in a buffer solution and then cooled
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Understanding the Functions of Proteins and DNA Ingrid Waldron‚ Biology Department‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ 2012 These key concepts and activities are suggested as part of an introductory unit on biological molecules (or as an introduction to a unit on molecular biology). The overarching goal is to help students understand that proteins and DNA are not just abstract concepts in biology textbooks but rather crucial components of our bodies that affect familiar functions and characteristics
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Epigenome biomarkers a. DNA methylation In the broad sense‚ epigenetics can be seen as a bridge between the genotype and phenotype‚ where the final outcomes of a locus or a chromosome can be changed without altering the underlying DNA sequence (Goldberg et al. 2007)‚ while epigenomics aims to study the location and nature of the gemonic sequences that are epigenetically modified (Fazzari and Greally 2004). Usually‚ three mechanisms have been attributed for epigenetics – DNA methylation‚ histone modification
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BIOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER ULTRAVIOLET RAYS & DNA FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SKIN CANCER BY PATRICE WILLIAMS BSC1005 LIFE IN ITS BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT PROFESSOR MOORE July 30‚ 2001 Ultraviolet Rays & DNA Factors that Influence Skin Cancer "Cancer"‚ its a disease that has claim the lives of millions‚ its a disease that so far has no known cure‚ and its a disease that has many different forms. Cancer is defined as "a malignant form of tumors‚ which are tissue masses that arise
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Gene Cloning Methodology of DNA What is DNA? DNA was discovered by the Swiss biochemist‚ Johann Friedrich Miescher‚ in 1869‚ while he was working in Tubingen‚ Germany. He found that the DNA molecule is large; acidic in nature and rich in phosphorus‚ but only in the 1930s was the real and complex structure of DNA fully studied. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material in all prokaryotes and eukaryotes‚ i.e. it is the material responsible for the transfer of hereditary traits from
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