Advanced Biology Assignments 2007-2008

10/17/07

Mad cow disease video

            Know the following terms

-         scrappie

-         kuru

-         CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)

-         BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

-         CWD (chronic wasting disease)

-         Prion—what are they and how to they cause disease

-         Why is the prion theory so hard to accept

 

10/22/07

DNA Lecture

-         Be able to name and recognize the different purines and pyrimidines.

-         Know the difference between nucleosides, nucleotides, and nucleic acids

-         Name the various types of  nucleic acids, (DNA, mRNA, tRNA, rRNA)

-         Be able to distinguish between the various nucleosides and nucleotides. Be able to match the structural formulas with the correct name.

-         Understand what is meant by antiparallel structure and be able to recognize the 3’ end and 5’ end of a nucleic acid

-         Read and be familiar with all vocab and ideas presented in Chapter 4.1 of your textbook

 

10/26/07

Textbook

-         Be familiar with all concepts and vocabulary in 3.1

 

10/29/07

 

Lab

-         You should know how to perform the following lab procedures:

o       Use a compound microscope to find a cell under high and dry power

o       Estimate the size of a cell

o       Streak a culture plate with bacteria or yeast using the Z streaking method to obtain individual colonies.

o       Accurately pipet various liquid volumes

o       Use a micropipette to measure various liquid volumes

 

3rd 6 weeks

11/30/07

 

From the labs:

 

            Know the background material from the cheese-making lab

 

From videos:

 

            Epigenetics

-         what is meant by epigenetics

-         describe two ways in which the genetic code can be switched off or on

-         describe some evidence that supports the idea of epigenetics

 

From your textbook:

           

-         all terms and ideas from sections 5.2-5.4

 

12/13/07

From Lecture:

- if given a DNA sequence be able to predict the amino acid sequence for which the DNA was the template

- be able to describe the processes occurring during transcription and translation

- be able to describe the function of mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA

 

 

 
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