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Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 11th Edition by William S Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
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Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 11th Edition by William S Klug, MichaelII II II II II II II II II II II II
Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer II II II II
Essentials of Genetics, 11th Edition (Klug) II II II II II
Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
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1) The CRISPR-Cas system potentially represents one of the most power techniques in genetics
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as a result of its role in
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A) identifying genes II
B) editing genes II
C) producing new genes II II
D) regulating genes II
E) transmitting genes II
Answer: B
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Section: Introduction I I
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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2) In the 1600s, William Harvey studied reproduction and development. What is the term given
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to his theory which states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of
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developmental events that lead to an adult?
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A) preformation
B) spontaneous generation II
C) cell theory II
D) transduction
E) epigenesis
Answer: E
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Section:
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1.1
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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3) What is the term given to the theory which states that the gamete contains a complete
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miniature adult?
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A) preformation
B) transduction
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) cell theory II
Answer: A
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Section: 1.1
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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4) What is the term given to the theory which put forth the idea that living organisms could arise
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by incubating nonliving components?
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A) spontaneous generation II
B) natural selection II
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collective combination II
Answer: A
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Section: 1.1 I I
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,Bloom's Taxonomy:
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,5) Schleiden and Schwann proposed the cell theory which states that
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A) cells contain genetic information in their nucleus
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B) cells move from the various parts of the body to the reproductive organs to produce offspring
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C) cells are derived from preexisting cells
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D) cells propagate via asexual reproduction
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E) cells represent the basic units of heredity
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Answer: C
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Section: 1.1 I I
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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6) Who, along with Alfred Wallace, formulated the theory of natural selection?
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A) Gregor Mendel II
B) William Harvey II
C) Louis Pasteur II
D) Charles Darwin II
E) James Watson II
Answer: D
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Section: 1.1
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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7) Which of the following is an example of natural selection?
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A) a bird's beak is able to effectively crack the seeds it encounters
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B) dog breeding by humans
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C) depending on the food a turtle eats, its shell may grow faster or slower
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D) sometime during human's life they break a bone II II II II II II II
E) bacteria can be effectively killed by treatment with bleach
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Answer: A
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Section: 1.1 I I
Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluating/Creating
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8) Which of the following botanists was not involved with bringing Mendel's work to light in the
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1900s?
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A) Carl Correns II
B) Carl Linnaeus
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C) Hugo de Vries II II
D) Erich Tschermak II
Answer: A
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Section: 1.1 I I
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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, 9) Who was the Augustinian monk that conducted a decade of experiments on the garden pea,
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eventually showing that traits are passed from parents to offspring in predictable ways?
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A) Francis Crick II
B) Alfred Wallace II
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregor Mendel II
Answer: E
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Section: 1.2
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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10) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
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characteristic number of chromosomes is called the
II number. It is usually symbolized
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as
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A) haploid; n II
B) haploid; 2n II
C) diploid; 2n II
D) diploid; n II
E) polyploid; n II
Answer: C
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Section: 1.2
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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11) Genetics is defined as the branch of biology associated with II II II II II II II II II II .
A) heredity and variation II II
B) mutation and recession II II
C) transcription and translation II II
D) diploid and haploid II II
E) replication and recombination II II
Answer: A
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Section: 1.2 I I
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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12) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri noted that the behavior of
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chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation. They
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proposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis
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A) of the germ-plasm theory
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B) of the chromosome theory of inheritance
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C) of the law of independent assortment
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D) for the determination of DNA as genetic material
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E) of predicting patterns of inheritance
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Answer: B
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Section: 1.2 I I
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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