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Chromosome Abnormalities

Chromosome Abnormalities. Non-disjunction during meiosis can cause a gamete to have an extra chromosome Trisomy = three copies of the same chromosome. Most are lethal before birth, but three of chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome. Trisomy of Chromosome 21.

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Chromosome Abnormalities

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  1. Chromosome Abnormalities • Non-disjunction during meiosis can cause a gamete to have an extra chromosome • Trisomy = three copies of the same chromosome. • Most are lethal before birth, but three of chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome.

  2. Trisomy of Chromosome 21

  3. Chapter 10 DNA Replication and Expression

  4. DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) • Polymer made of subunits called nucleotides • Nucleotides have three parts • Phosphate • Sugar (deoxyribose) • Nitrogen bases

  5. Four Nitrogen bases of DNA (9.1) • Adenine • Guanine • Cytosine • Thymine

  6. DNA structure (Fig. 10-2) • Double helix • James Watson and Francis Crick (Nobel Prize) • Two strands held together by hydrogen bonds • Bases are paired up: • Adenine to Thymine • Cytosine to Guanine • DNA is twisted (helix)

  7. X Ray Crystallography of DNA (10.3)

  8. DNA inside a Eukaryote • DNA wraps around proteins (histones) to form chromatin. • Chromatin coils up into chromosomes.

  9. DNA is Replicated • Parent DNA strands act as templates for new DNA • Strands separate and new bases are added to each side

  10. DNA replication (10.6)

  11. DNA replication requires three enzymes (10.7) • Helicase • DNA polymerase • Ligase

  12. DNA Expression

  13. Central Dogma of Molecular Biology: DNA  RNA  Protein

  14. Flow of Genetic Information (10.8)

  15. What is RNA? • Ribose Nucleic Acid • Nucleic acid similar to DNA • Three important differences • Single strand • Sugar is Ribose • Uracil instead of Thymine

  16. DNA contains information used to make proteins • 95% of DNA sequence is meaningless or “junk” • 5% that has information is contained in genes • Gene is a sequence of DNA that codes for a protein

  17. DNA to Protein (10.10)

  18. How a gene produces a protein • Genes are TRANSCRIBED into messenger RNA • mRNA goes to ribosomes for protein synthesis • Transfer RNA carries Amino Acids to be assembled at the ribosomes • mRNA is TRANSLATED into proteins.

  19. Transcription 10.13

  20. Transfer RNA

  21. So how do we know what the amino acid order will be?

  22. A gene sequence is divide into groups of three (codons)

  23. Codons on mRNA are recognized by tRNA

  24. Each codon codes for an amino acid

  25. How are codons read? (10.10)

  26. Viral genetics

  27. What about viruses? • Viruses are nucleic acids surrounded by a protein capsule. • Viruses invade host cells by injecting their DNA • Viral DNA incorporates into the host cell’s genome ( Lysogenic Phase) • Viruses use their DNA to force host cells to produce more viruses ( Lytic Phase) • Viruses do not fit into the cell theory.

  28. Phage Virus Cycles (10.26)

  29. Mutations • Mistakes in copying of DNA • Three types • Insertion • Deletion • Substitution

  30. Consequences of mutations • Most mutations are neutral – no noticeable effect on the protein • Some mutations are deleterious • Genetic disorders • Cancer • Some mutations may produce a “good” trait • In both cases a change in the bases changes sequence of amino acids

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