AGR3303 Exam 1 Practice Questions WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What subdiscipline of genetics focuses on how an individual organism inherits and passes on its genes to the next generation? correct answer: Transmission Genetics Gregor Mendel is generally recognized as the father of genetics because he: correct answer: Discovered the principles of heredity by crossing different varieties of pea plants and analyzing their traits in subsequent generations Genetically speaking, prokaryotes are different from eukaryotes because: correct answer: -They have a singular circular chomosome, whereas eukaryotes have multiple linear chromosomes -Prokaryotes do not usually have histone proteins to package their DNA -Prokaryotes do not have a nucleus to maintain their DNA, whereas eukaryotes do -Prokaryotes have less total DNA than do Euakaryotes What would Avery, Macleod, and McCarty have concluded if their results had been that only RNAse treatment of the heat-killed bacteria prevented transformation of genetic virulence? correct answer: That RNA was the genetic material Suppose that Hershey and Chase found that phage ghosts contained 32^P label but the label was absent from infected E. coli. Furthermore, suppose they found 35^S lacking in the ghosts and present in the infected E. coli. They would