AP Daily 6.

6 Gene Expression and Cell Specialization

1. What are promoters and describe their function?

2. In the video, what three things are listed necessary for the initiation of transcription?

3. What determines an organism's phenotype? (this is super important to understand, note

that is has been mentioned multiple times in the videos!!)

4. All cells in an organism have the same ___________, but only certain tissues have the

__________________ _______________ that turn on regulatory genes.

5. How can small RNA molecules (these are the microRNAs I referred to in class the other

day) regulate gene expression? (Give at least two ways)

6. STOP and pause the video at 4:50, write the correct answer to the practice question

here.

Remember to watch the video all the way to the very end so AP Classroom will give you credit!!