Test Bank For Genetics A Conceptual Approach, 7th Edition
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1) What is the name of the company or institution that has access to the health, genealogical,
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andgenetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland?
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2) A biotechnology company, deCODE, is in the process of creating a database that contains
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A) the gene sequences of all newborns in the United States beginning in 2006
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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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projectAnswer:
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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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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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A) a phospholipid
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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, the
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characteristic number of chromosomes is called the
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symbolizedas
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8) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
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chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation.
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Theyproposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis of the
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Answer: Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
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9) What is a mutation? ju ju ju
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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 for
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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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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 behavior
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ofhereditary factors.
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Answer: Gregor
MendelSection:
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andvariation at the molecular, cellular, developmental, organismal, and populational
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levels.
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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 understanding
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thatgenes are on chromosomes.
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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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Section: 1.2
17) A fundamental property of DNA's nitrogenous bases that is necessary for
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thedouble-stranded nature of its structure is
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18) Recombinant DNA technology is dependent on a particular class of enzymes, known as ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju
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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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