What is known as the blueprint of life

You have found the sequence of bases on a single DNA strand to be ACGTGCAGT. Give the sequence of the complimentary DNA strand as predicted by base pairing rules.

DNA stands for…

What are the bases used in DNA?

Base pairs are bonded together by ______ bonds.

The _____ of amino acids is called the primary structure of the protein.

What is the only start codon? (Fun fact: since there is only one, every single one of your genes starts with this sequence)

Genes direct the production of a specific …

How many amino acids are coded in a gene that is 5.1 kilobases long?

What does RNA stand for?

Match the base to its RNA pair. Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine. (Pick from adenine, cytosine, uracil, guanine).

What is the result of a gene being expressed?

What is the enzyme that breaks just the hydrogen bonds associated with a certain gene so that RNA can “zip” in?

The nucleus is the only place in a cell in which DNA can be found

DNA bonds mechanically, so gentle handling of DNA samples is unnecessary.

What does PCR stand for?

What is the most important enzyme in a PCR reaction?

Which of the following is not a step in PCR?

Adenine attaches to Thymine via a ________ hydrogen bond; Guanine attaches to Cytosine via a ______ hydrogen bond.

______ take amino acids and knit them together into proteins.

What does SNP stand for?

What does STR stand for?

The chance that you and your sibling inherited the exact same thing from your parents at any given spot in your DNA is ____%

Fraternal twins are essentially siblings who happen to be born at the exact same time. How much of their DNA do they share?

Do people have an open or closed circulatory system?

Which side of the heart pumps oxygen poor blood to the lungs?

These _______ are responsible for the pulse you feel when you press your fingers to your wrist or neck.

On average, blood accounts for _____% of totally body weight in humans.

The _____ system is responsible for ensuring that blood reaches all parts of the body.

You are processing a crime scene in which there is no body, but there is a pool of approximately 4.5L of blood that appears to come from a single source. What inferences might you make about the source of the blood?

______ ________ is a yellowish liquid that account for 55% of the volume of blood in the body.

What is the common name for erythrocytes? (3 words)

Erythrocytes are produced in the _____ _____, particularly in the short bones, the flat and irregular bones, and the ends of the long bones.

The process of blood cell development is known as _____?

What is the average erythrocyte lifespan?

The red color of an erythrocyte is due to what?

What might be a reasonable conclusion to draw from examining blood that has a high red blood cell count?

What is the common name for leukocytes? (3 words)

Leukocytes are the only cells in the blood stream that have a _____ and ribosomes.

______ are cells which aid in blood clotting and the repair of damaged blood vessels, and are produced in bone marrow along with the other cells.

Platelets are useful for DNA testing

In the presence of blood, what color does the Adler test turn initially>

What are some of the drawbacks to using hydrogen peroxide as a presumptive test for blood?

What color does the phenolphthlein test turn in the presence of hemoglobin?

The Leucomalachite green test works a lot like which test?

The species test relies on the ____ interaction.

An antibody, also known as an _____, is a y-shaped protein produced by plasma cells.

In the Takayama test, the pyridine reacts with the hemoglobin forming _____ crystals.

Anti-A attacks which antigen? Answer with only the letter.

Who wrote the first published work about blood spatter was entitled “Concerning the Origin, Shape, Direction and Distribution of the Bloodstains Following Head Wounds Caused by Blows”?

The most common fluid found at a crime scene is ______

The major break through of Dr. Balthazard’s work was the calculation of angle of impact as a function of the length and _____ of the blood drop.

What court case made blood spatter analysis a recognized forensic discipline?

Blood spatter analysis was recognized as a forensic discipline in what year?

_____ (all three names) is known as the Sherlock Holmes of blood stain evidence.

When dropping through the air, a blood drop is ___ in shape.

Blood spatter analysis can tell us everything except:

The surface tension of blood is slightly ____ than that of water.

The faster a drop of blood was moving, the ____ the diameter of the stain.

Due to air resistance, speed maxes out at distances above ____ feet. (Spell out the number)

A _____ is an extension of the blood that is attached to the main droplet.

A ____ is an extra tiny drop of blood that is not attached to the main droplet.

A _______ ________ is formed when blood drops at a 90 degree angle due to gravity acting on the blood drop.

A _____ pattern is the transfer of blood from a moving source onto an untainted surface.

If it travels between 25-100 feet per second, it’s considered _____ velocity blood spatter

Cast off is considered ____ velocity blood spatter.

What can you infer about the drop of blood that caused this?

Cast off is considered ____ velocity blood spatter.

If it travels between 25-100 feet per second, it’s considered ____ velocity blood spatter

What does this pattern tell you?

Arterial spurt

Passive fall drop

Blood trial

Swipe

Transfer pattern

Splash with satellites

Wipe

Given this pattern, how many blows might you infer were struck to cause this spatter?

You are likely to find blood on a perpetrator as a result of a high velocity spatter phenomenon called ______

The decomposition of ____ is responsible for the color change we see is aged blood stains.