AP EXAM REVIEW SESSION MOLECULAR GENETICS Be prepared, not scared!
Nucleic Acids
DNA
DNA Replication
Mitosis vs. Meiosis
Mitosis vs. Meiosis, cont
Meiosis in Humans
Mechanisms of Gene Transfer in Bacteria
Gene Expression DNA → Protein
Prokaryotic Regulation of Gene Expression Operons
Eukaryotic Gene Expression
REGULATION OF EUK GENE EXPRESSION Pre-Transcriptional Modifications Chromatin Re-modeling o Acetylation of Histones o Methylation Initiation of Transcription o Transcription Factors
REGULATION OF EUK GENE EXPRESSION Post-Transcriptional Modifications, cont mRNA Degradation Protein Processing o Proteosomes Non-Coding RNAs o microRNAs (miRNAs) o small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Restriction Enzymes & Recombinant DNA
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Gene Cloning
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Using mRNA to Produce cDNA
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Microarrays
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Gel Electrophoresis
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms, AKA... RFLPs
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR GENETICS Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms - SNPs