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Friday, October 18, 2013

Blame it on the DNA

Blame it on the DNA...
 

Blame it on the DNA – finish the lyrics!

Blame it on the _____________ if your eyes are green
Six fingers on your hands.  Blame it on the strands. 
Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the _____________.

Ay you know it’s in the helix.  _____________ bonds seal it.
When it gets unraveled it makes _____________ travel
From the nucleus to the _____________.
Ribosomes it has ‘em translate into amino acids making _____________.

_____________ bases dictate your races by protein we makin’.
Transcription. _____________.
You make mRNA from your genes all day
Then translate it into _____________ chains.
Of which you gotta lotta, that’s the Central _____________.
DNA to tissue can be quite an issue if you’ve got a _____________ disease.

Blame it on the rungs if you can’t roll your _____________.
Blame it on the _____________ pairs if you’ve got some red hair.
Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the _____________.
Blame it on the chromosomes, blame it on the _____________.
If you’re haemophilic and can’t heal it.
Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the _____________.

_____________ rays can mutate a gene so it codes for the wrong protein.
Replace a C for a T.  A _____________ mutation can change the amino acid.
The change is final.  You might be an _____________
Depending on what gene gets messed,
What proteins are _____________. This is genetics!

Nitrogenous bases dictate your races by protein we makin’.
_____________. Translation.
You make mRNA from your genes all day
Then translate it into polypeptide chains.
Of which you gotta lotta, that’s the _____________ Dogma.
_____________ to tissue can be quite an issue if you’ve got a genetic disease.

Blame it on the genes if your eyes are green
Six fingers on your hands.  Blame it on the _____________. 
Blame it on the DNA.  Blame it on the cytosine.
Blame it on the _____________, blame it on the helix.
If you’re haemophilic and can’t heal it.
Blame it on the _____________.  Blame it on the guanine.
 

Thursday, October 17, 2013

12.3 DNA Replication Vocabulary

Define the following vocabulary terms on J. Pg. 21
  1. replication
  2. DNA polymerase
  3. telomere
  4. unzip
  5. replication fork
  6. hydrogen bond
  7. enzyme
  8. semiconservative

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Cracking the Code of Life Video

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Journal Page 20: Video Notes: Cracking the Code of Life

Directions:

"Cracking the Code of Life" is divided into 16 sections . For each section, use the set of words to construct a sentence which summarizes that section.

1. Instructions for a Human Being
* human
* DNA
* genome
2. Getting the Letters Out
* DNA
* computers
* process
3. One Wrong Letter
* Tay-Sachs
* mutation
* gene
4. The Sequencing Race Begins
* Celera Genomics
* automation
* genome
5. Ramping up
* Celera
* Internet
* data
6. Genetic Variation
* mapping
* humans
* animals
7. Who Owns the Genome?
* code
* patent
* research
8. The Business of Science
* income
* science
* business
9. Finding Cures is Hard
* cystic fibrosis
* protein
* DNA
10. Complexity in Proteins
* proteome
* mutation
* gene
11. The Finish Line
* race
* Celera
* genome
12. Finding Disease Genes
* Iceland
* osteoarthritis
* genes
13. DNA Databases
* DNA
* database
* chip
14. A Family Diseas
* breast cancer
* BRCA
* ovarian cancer
15. Genetic Modification
* enhancement
* manipulation
* gene
16. Contemplating the Message
* Celera
* gene
* chromosome

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

DNA Structure (12.2) Vocabulary due Wednesday 10/10/13

Define each term in your Journal page 16

  1. base pairing
  2. Nucleic Acid
  3. nucleotide
  4. nitrogenous base (define and name the 4 nitrogenous bases))
  5. double helix
  6. sequence
  7. deoxyribose
  8. covalent bond
  9. hydrogen bond
  10. antiparallel 
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CLICK HERE to download Section 12.2

Here is an updated zip file of all the sections (this is a fairly large file, about 100MB)

Monday, October 7, 2013

12.2

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1 page reading notes due Wednesday 10/9/13

Here is an animations showing Avery's early DNA experiment...

Avery : http://www.dnaftb.org/17/animation.html

And The Story of Rosalind Franklin vs. Watson and Crick as told by Oakland 7th graders...


Tuesday, October 1, 2013

12.1

12.1 Reading Notes are due Wednesday, 10/2/13

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12.1 Vocabulary, define these words on J.Pg.14
  1. transformation
  2. bacteriophage
  3. gene
  4. genetics
  5. bacteria
  6. virus
  7. DNA
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