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Genetics unit 1

The text discusses various methods and procedures related to genetic testing and prenatal diagnosis. Amniocentesis is explained as a procedure where amniotic fluid is sampled to check for potential birth defects, typically recommended if there are abnormal ultrasound or blood test results, or if the mother has a history of birth defects.

Genetics unit 1

Genetics unit 1

Unit 2 biodiversity

Domains
Kingdoms
Classifying life
Taxonamy

A table that shows the most broad to specific details of an organism

Dichotomous Keys

Yes or no questions to be able to give the reader an easy answer to their organism at hand

Viruses
Antibiotic resistance

This can be caused by the use of drugs in the wrong way where it is harmful. Can be avoided and prevented by using the proper precautions like staying clean

A virus is a non living genetical structure that attacks parts of your body and breaks them down

Structure

Made of DNA, Capsid and tailfiber

Reproduction

Lysogenic cycle

Lytic cycle

The Characteristics of Living things
Able to adapt to an environnement
Able to grow
Able to reproduce
Able to respond to an evironnement
For growth and maintenance, they use energy from proteins and nutrients
Different levels of organization
All are composed of cells
Cells
Eukaryotic

DNA is linear meaning it is full with chromosomes

Can not only reproduce sexually but asexually aswell

Have Membrane bound organelles

Prokaryotic

DNA is in a form of a circle

Cannot produce sexually, only asexually

Very old and historical cell

Can cause many sickness'

No Membrane bound organelles

The evolution of Eukaryotic cells
Endosymbiotic Theory

Evidence to prove the theory

Both have similar DNA and ribosomes that show

They have similar insides of the membrane

They reproduce similarly

Popularized by Lynn Sagan in the year 1967, the endosymbiotic theory states that billions of years ago, prokaryotic cells engulfed other prokaryotic cells in which actually formed and created eukaryotic cells

Many of the prokaryotic cell groups actually adapted
These prokaryotic cells started to die off as the oxygen levels of the earth began to rise
Billions upon billions of years ago there was only the cell of prokaryotes
Biodiversity
A lot of human effects on our earth and ecosystems as we produce more and more pollution on a daily basis

Invasive species: Fish that dont belong in bodies of water to bugs in certain arenas, invasive species are disrupting food chains and are killing mainy things like crops and species

Overharvesting: Pushing limits of searching for food and water which is again, hurting our planet

Desertification: The deserts are rapidly expanding causing severe droughts and is causing ecosystems to change or damaged

Deforestation: cutting trees, damaging and detrosying ecosystems on this planet. Causing less co2 to be absorbed

Pollution: CO2 and green house gases are emitted into our atmosphere which is trapping heat from the sun that is reflected by our earth

Important for ecosystems and life on planet earth
Essential for how the world works for the fact it gives us necessities like food, water and clean air

-osis'

Mitosis
-Only one cycle -IPMAT -Replicates chromosomes from a single cell and divides them into two identical daughter cells -Used for places like our skin and liver so that all cells are identical to one another -Also allows the plants to mass produce leaves with the same cells -Somatic(body cells) -Replication occurs in Interphase and also there is a starting amount of 46 chromosomes
Meiosis
-Two cycles of IPMAT -4 Daughter cells produces -46 original chromosomes to begin with -Used for reproduction because it does indeed produce sex cells -Gametic cells(sex cells) -Unlike mitosis, no clone cells are produces because it is not repairing anything in the cases -Some things that make meiosis what it is are thingS like crossing over of the DNA which is from each of the parents cells which includes their DNA, mutations and independent assortment

RNA and DNA

RNA
RNA is different from DNA in three different ways Single stranded vs. double stranded Ribose sugar vs. deoxyribose Contains URACIL(U) vs. of thymine (T)
DNA
-Everyone is 99.9% similar to one another with DNA -DNA is the structure of proteins and they have the final word for everything meaning they are the last of the last when it comes to you being you in your body -In a Double Helix, ladder like structure -DNA is made up of lots of things called nucleotide which is made up of a ->Phosphate group ->Pentose sugar ->Nitrogenous base -Now going further, the nitrogenous bases and found in four different forms, adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine -A goes with T and G goes with C -these together form DNA codes

Crosses

dyhybrid
Same of monohybrid but just with two different traits instead of just one
Monohybrid
A cross between two species with homozygous or heterozygous genotype in which they cross and form 4 possible offsprings. Can determine things like fur colours, but this is all based of which is dominant because that always wins (unless its a recessive trait)

Genetic testing

GENETIC COUNSELLING
Just talking to a councelor before having a baby. Talks about risks and all sorts of other things based on the history of family.
NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY SCREENING
Nothing will be inserted into the mother, it is just an ultrasounds but results may differ from those of the first two
CHORIONIC VILLUS SAMPLING
In this case the doctors take a thin plastic the, pass it through the uterus and grab a sample of the placenta to see if there is anything wrong with the baby. Usually offered from the span of 10-14 weeks of pregnancy to women over 35 and the risks include: 5% risk of a miscarriage Spotting/cramping after the procedure Extremely rare risk of infection
AMNIOCENTESIS
When doctors take Amniotic fluid that surounds the baby, from 15-18 weeks of pregenancy, to detect anything wrong with the baby. This is usally performed if: The baby Had an abnormal ultrasound or blood test suggesting a birth defect The mother has a History of birth defects Had a child/pregnancy with a birth defect woman who is 35 years and older

Dominance

Incomplete Dominance
The instance where neither of the parents alleles/traits are expressed in the offspring (i.e. White rose from two pink ones.
CoDominance
The instance where both traits from parents are showed. (I.e. Black and white spots on a bunny)