MI Exam

Medical intervention

What is any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of a disease?

Transformation

A bacterial culture is several days old. Many of the bacterial cells have ruptured and released DNA into the nutrient agar. A few living bacteria cells in the culture have become genetically-enhanced by taking this DNA into the cytoplasm and are now resistant to ampicillin.

Taq Polymerase

Amplifies DNA segments in PCR

What is the difference between the UV strand (mutant) and the wild type (WT) strains of yeast in the yeast lab?

The wild type strands were able to repair themselves, and the mutant strand cells were not

Sickle cell is what type of disorder?

Autosomal Recessive

Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy is what type of disorder?

Sex Linked

Huntington’s disease is what type of disorder?

Autosomal Dominant

Leber optic neuropathy is what type of disorder?

Multifactoral

Alzheimer’s Disease is what type of disorder?

Multifactoral

DNA microarrays work by measuring the amount of ____for every gene that is present in a cell sample so that is present in a cell sample

mRNA

When under stress the body has the following physiological responses

Increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, and a lower body temp

Physical therapist

Helps build strength as well as gross and fine motor skill

Bacterial DNA

Can be contained in a plasmid

Biofeedback is considered to help you learn to have some control over all except

Heart rate

How does age affect your chances of receiving an organ donation

Young age is an advantage