Download Genetics Intro Video Q`s Cracking the Code of Life video

Nova: Cracking the Code of Life - Video Notes
Chapter 1, 2, 3: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/program.html
1. What percentage of our DNA actually consists of genes that code for traits?
2. What are the symptoms of Tay Sachs disease?
3. What is the difference between Hayden’s DNA and a healthy child’s DNA?
4. Genes code for proteins and proteins determine our traits. EXPLAIN how the Tay Sachs
gene affects the protein in affected children that causes the effects in their brain (symptoms
of Tay Sachs).
5. What does it mean that all 4 of the parents in the video are ‘carriers?’
Nova: Cracking the Code of Life - Video Notes
Chapter 1, 2, 3: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/program.html
1. What percentage of our DNA actually consists of genes that code for traits?
2. What are the symptoms of Tay Sachs disease?
3. What is the difference between Hayden’s DNA and a healthy child’s DNA?
4. Genes code for proteins and proteins determine our traits. EXPLAIN how the Tay Sachs
gene affects the protein in affected children that causes the effects in their brain (symptoms
of Tay Sachs).
5.
What does it mean that all 4 of the parents in the video are ‘carriers?’
What are Genes?
1. DNA is coiled and organized into ____________________________________.
2. Short segments of DNA that code for a trait are called ___________________________.
3. The language of DNA is written in genetic code of ‘chemical bases’ (A, T, C, G)
which act like a recipe for making __________________________ which will
ultimately determine your traits.
4. Why do you look like your parents?
What are Genes?
1. DNA is coiled and organized into ____________________________________.
2. Short segments of DNA that code for a trait are called ___________________________.
3. The language of DNA is written in genetic code of ‘chemical bases’ (A, T, C, G)
which act like a recipe for making __________________________ which will
ultimately determine your traits.
4. Why do you look like your parents?