Statistics for Biology AQA DNA and Genetics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What does PCR stand for?	Polymerase Chain Reaction	80%
Enzyme used to join together 2 complimentary sticky ends of DNA.	DNA Ligase	64%
A way of using the weights of DNA strands to split them up, gel.......	Electrophoresis	59%
An enzyme used to cut a piece of DNA in a specific place.	Restriction enzymes/endonucleases	43%
What does the C in cDNA stand for?	Complementary	36%
Sticky ends are the favourable type of end, what is the unfavourable one.	Blunt end	32%
The study of the effect of environmental factors on gene expression (phenotype)	Epigenetics	30%
A short single stranded piece of DNA with a label attatched to it, which is complimentary to a section of DNA under investigation.	DNA probe	20%
The process of a primer joinig to a piece of DNA.	Annealing	18%
Enzyme used by HIV to insert its viral RNA into eukaryotes DNA.	Reverse transcriptase	18%
Sequencing method used to determine the DNA sequence of a streand of DNA.	Sanger	14%
What is the name for the part of the gene that transcription factors bind to.	Promoter region	11%
Fill in the blank '...... acetylation makes the DNA coil more preventing transcription.'	Decreased	9%
What is another term for increased methylation.	Hyper methylation	9%
Small overlapping strands of nucleotides used in the gene machine.	Oligonucleotides	5%
The collection of chemical tags covering histones.	Epigenome	2%