Usabo genetics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

USABO Open Exam Questions And Revised Correct Answers Updated The production of the genetically engineered "golden rice" could be important to the people of developing nations, especially in South-East Asia, because: A. people are more likely to consume yellow grains than white B. golden rice is less expensive to grow and harvest than white rice C. golden rice is resistant to most commercially available herbicides D. golden rice contains higher concentrations of β-carotene th...

USABO 2007 Open Exam Questions with Correct Answers The production of the genetically engineered "golden rice" could be important to people of developing nations, especially in South-East Asia, because: A. people are more likely to consume yellow grains than white. B. golden rice is less expensive to grow and harvest than white rice. C. golden rice has been engineered to be resistant to most commercially available herbicides. D. golden rice has been engineered to contain higher concen...

USABO GENETICS PART 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Alternation of generations - correct answer a life cycle in which there is both a multicellular diploid form, the sporophyte, and a multicellular haploid form, the gametophyte; characteristic of plants and some algae. Asexual reproduction - correct answer the generation of offspring from a single parent that occurs without the fusion of gametes (by budding, division of a single cell, or division of t...

USABO - Genetics.

USABO - Genetics.

homologous chromosomes : Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure chiasmata : X-shaped regions where crossing over occurred. cohesins : Proteins that hold sister chromatids together crossing over : Process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis. synaptonemal complex 2 : A zipper-like protein structure that causes replicated homologs to become physically connected during prophase of meiosis I; sets the stag...