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Test Bank For Genetics A Conceptual Approach, 7th Edition
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(Pierce, 2024),
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Chapter 1 gigi Introduction to Genetics gigi gigi

1) What is the name of the company or institution that has access to the health,
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genealogical, andgenetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland?
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SocietyAnswer:
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Section: Introduction

2) A biotechnology company, deCODE, is in the process of creating a database that contains
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B) a compilation of all the known genes in humans throughout the free world
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C) health, genealogical, and genetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland
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D) a complete sequence of the human genome
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E) all the information available on the human genome
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Section: Introduction
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,3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
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A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
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B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
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C) high genetic diversity
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D) lack of genealogical information
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mutationAnswer: A
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Section: Introduction

4) The genetic material DNA consists of basic subunits called
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A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
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correct.Answer:
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B) an amino acid
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C) a protein
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D) a carbohydrate
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E) RNA
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6) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species,
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the characteristic number of chromosomes is called the number. It is usually
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symbolizedas
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B) haploid; 2n gigi

C) diploid; 2n gigi

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correct.Answer:
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Section: 1.2

7) Genetics is the study of gigi gigi gigi gigi .
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Section: 1.2

8) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the
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behavior of chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during
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gamete formation. Theyproposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the
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basis of the
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Answer: Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
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9) What is a mutation? gigi gigi gigi

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gene.Section:
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10) What is a simple definition of an allele?
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Answer: An allele is a variant form of a
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gene.Section:
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, 11) Until the mid-1940s, many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates
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for thegenetic material. Why?
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Becauseof their great structural and functional diversity, they were considered likely
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candidates.
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Section: 1.2

12) Name the individual who, while working with the garden pea in the mid-1850s,
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demonstrated quantitative patterns of heredity and developed a theory involving the
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behavior ofhereditary factors.
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Answer: Gregor
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13) What does the term genetics mean? gigi gigi gigi gigi gigi

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heredity andvariation at the molecular, cellular, developmental, organismal, and
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populational levels.
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Section: 1.2

14) Name the substance that serves as the hereditary material in eukaryotes and
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prokaryotes.Answer:
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Section: 1.2

15) Name two individuals who provided the conceptual basis for our present
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understanding thatgenes are on chromosomes.
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Answer: Walter Sutton and Theodore gigi gigi gigi

BoveriSection:
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16) What term is used to describe the fact that different genes in an organism often
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providedifferences in observable features?
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Answer:
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Section: 1.2

17) A fundamental property of DNA's nitrogenous bases that is necessary
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for thedouble-stranded nature of its structure is .
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Answer:
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Section: 1.3

18) Recombinant DNA technology is dependent on a particular class of enzymes, known as
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gigi , that cut DNA at specific nucleotide
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sequences.Answer:
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Section: 1.4

19) Name the botanist who, in 1900, rediscovered the work of Gregor
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Mendel.Answer: Carl Correns
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Section: 1.2
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