Ansi 3423 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Where are *genes* located? - Answer chromosomes *Chromosomes* are inherited from what? - Answer both parents Where do we also have *DNA*? - Answer outside our nucleus -extranuclear DNA -Mitochondria/chloroplasts What is an *organelle genome*? - Answer the genome in a mitochondrion or chloroplast (may be multiple, identical copies) What do *organelle genomes* have? - Answer -extrachromosomal genes ---> aka: cytoplasmic genes -strict maternal inheritance Why are *organelle ge...

Dicentric chromosome has __ centromere(s) -ANSWER 2 Acentric chromosome has __ centromere(s) -ANSWER 0 Issues with dicentric and acentric chromosomes in cell division -ANSWER Dicentric: don't split properly and break Acentric: lost in mitosis because it doesn't split Four common types of of abnormalities in chromosome structure -ANSWER Deletions, duplications, inversions, translocations How abnormalities in chromosomal structure begin -ANSWER one or more breaks in a chromosome ...

Dicentric chromosome has __ centromere(s) -ANSWER 2 Acentric chromosome has __ centromere(s) -ANSWER 0 Issues with dicentric and acentric chromosomes in cell division -ANSWER Dicentric: don't split properly and break Acentric: lost in mitosis because it doesn't split Four common types of of abnormalities in chromosome structure -ANSWER Deletions, duplications, inversions, translocations How abnormalities in chromosomal structure begin -ANSWER one or more breaks in a chromosome ...