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Single Nucleotide Variant (SNV) - ANS differences in DNA sequence. 46 chromosomes. >1% of population. Common complex traits bp in nucleus - ANS 6 billion Chromatin - ANS packaged DNA. Composed of DNA helix wound around histone proteins forming nucleosomes. 150 bp of DNA wound around each histone core Amino acid - ANS 20 different molecules used to build proteins. Coded by genes. Organic. Contains a Carboxyl (-COOH) and an Amino (-NH2) group Cent...

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One of the most important advances in surgery arrived near the end of the nineteenth century. The British surgeon Joseph Lister hypothesized that using techniques to sterilize surgical tools and clean the skin at the site of the incision would reduce surgical site infections. Years later, Dr. Lister wrote this: "Nothing was formerly more striking in surgical experience than the difference in the behavior of injuries according to whether the skin was implicated or not. Thus, if the bones of the...

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_________________________ approach to treatments involves a clinical trial with a group of affected individuals. Some receive the treatment and others receive control. We evaluate if the treatment, on average, improves the outcome of the treatment group. - ANS Traditional Between treatment and control groups in the traditional approach of treatment, there can be variability between groups where some groups respond favorably and others do not. Few even have adverse reactions. This cou...

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SNV - ANS Any sequence change that affects one base of genome SNPs are common ones Promoter - ANS specific region of a gene where RNA polymerase can bind and begin transcription Nucleosome - ANS 150 bps of DNA around core proteins Stop Codons - ANS UAA, UAG, UGA Karyotype Analysis - ANS Usually done at metaphase Detects trisomy, deletions, duplications, translocations Confirming test FISH Analysis - ANS Fluorescent ss nucl...

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Nucleotide - ANS deoxyribose, a 5C sugar with a hydroxyl group on the 3' carbon and a phosphate group on the 5' carbon, and a nitrogen base attached to the 1' carbon Amino acid - ANS coded 5' to 3' (N terminus to C terminus) Central dogma - ANS describes the flow of information from DNA (genotype) to RNA (portable) to protein (phenotype) via transcription and translation Codon - ANS A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA o...

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Variants - ANS Differences in DNA sequence -lead to changes in phenotype -can affect amount of RNA produced by affecting transcription, RNA stability, changing RNA levels -can affect the amount of protein produced by affecting translation, protein stability, changing protein levels, protein function, etc. Single Nucleotide Variance (SNV) - ANS differences in DNA sequence at one location Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms - ANS common SNVs that occur in more than ...

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