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1
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Operon

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Name given to a unit of a bacterial chromosome that controls the expression of a specific set of genes
In prokaryotes, the production of a single RNA transcript for a group of related genes is under the control of

2
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Operator

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acts as an on/off switch.

3
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Regulatory genes code for

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repressors

4
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Repressors block binding of RNA polymerase by attaching to

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Operators

5
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At one point, you were just an undifferentiated, single cell. You are now made of many cells; some of these cells function as liver cells, some as muscle cells, some as red blood cells, while others play different roles. What name is given to the process that is responsible for this

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Cellular Differentiation

6
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The process by which genotype becomes expressed as phenotype is ______.

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Gene Expression

7
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Bacterial RNA polymerase binds to the ______.

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Promoter

8
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Reproductive cloning

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replacing nucleus of an egg cell with nucleus of and adult somatic cell, results in birth of new animal.

9
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Proto-oncogene

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normal gene with potential to become genes that cause cancer

10
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Nuclear transplant

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replacing nucleus of an egg cell w/ nucleus from different cell from different adult body

11
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Embryonic stem cell

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from blastocysts lead to all specialized cells in body; can be put in particular culture and generate different parts of body

12
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Adult stem cell

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cells in adult tissue and replace some of body’s cells (can use for medicine)

13
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Regeneration

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regrowth of lost body parts (lizard tail)

14
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Oncogene

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genes that cause cancer

15
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Therapeutic cloning

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to produce embryonic stem cells