Exam 10: Nutritional Genomics

The complement of RNA transcripts produced when genes are "expressed" is referred to as the _______________.

The coding strand of DNA that serves as the template for mRNA synthesis is known as the _______________ strand.

The APOE gene variant that puts an individual at risk for CVD is also associated with which other disease?

Since oxidative DNA damage is thought to play a role in carcinogenesis, adequacy of _______________ is suggested to be anticarcinogenic.

Which gene has been the target of nutritional genomics intervention to modulate CVD risk?

Low intake of which nutrient (particularly when combined with high alcohol intake) is associated with increased colon cancer risk?

_______________ is a technology used to measure expression of thousands of genes simultaneously.

_______________ was identified as the blueprint of life in the year 1944.

Dietary modification such as avoidance of phenylalanine in the diet is effective for an autosomal recessive trait called _______________.

Epigenetics relates not to the genome sequence itself but to the inherited pattern of gene expression regulated by modifications to DNA.

Like DNA methylation, histone modification is a form of epigenetic regulation.

List the classifications of inherited genes.

Identify the sex chromosomes that are present in human males?

Identify the term that refers to the sequence in mRNA that is translated into the final protein product.

Companies such as 23andMe, deCODEme, and Navigenics are conducting what type of business?

Briefly discuss the connection between folate intake and cancer risk.

Which nutrient in fruits and vegetables is likely the most important in reducing the risk of cancer?

The nitrogenous bases include adenine and _______________ (both purines) as well as thymine and _______________.

Consuming a diet supplemented with which of the following fatty acids reduces the inheritance of APC gene?

_______________ in nucleotides can both promote or suppress the production and function of a protein.