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, Concepts of Genetics, 10e (Klug/Cummings/Spencer/Palladino)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
Chapter 2 Mitosis and Meiosis
Chapter 3 Mendelian Genetics
Chapter 4 Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
Chapter 5 Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes
Chapter 6 Genetic Analysis and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages
Chapter 7 Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes
Chapter 8 Chromosome Mutations: Variation in Number and Arrangement
Chapter 9 Extranuclear Inheritance
Chapter 10 DNA Structure and Analysis
Chapter 11 DNA Replication and Recombination
Chapter 12 DNA Organization in Chromosomes
Chapter 13 The Genetic Code and Transcription
Chapter 14 Translation and Proteins
Chapter 15 Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Transposition
Chapter 16 Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
Chapter 17 Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
Chapter 18 Developmental Genetics
Chapter 19 Cancer and Regulation of the Cell Cycle
Chapter 20 Recombinant DNA Technology
Chapter 21 Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Proteomics
Chapter 22 Applications and Ethics of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Chapter 23 Quantitative Genetics and Multifactorial Traits
Chapter 24 Genetics of Behavior
Chapter 25 Population and Evolutionary Genetics
Chapter 26 Conservation Genetics
,Q) The immediate product of transcription is ________.
A) a phospholipid
B) an amino acid
C) a protein
D) a carbohydrate
E) RNA
Answer: E
Section: 1.3
Q) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
characteristic number of chromosomes is called the ________ number. It is usually symbolized
as ________.
A) haploid; n
B) haploid; 2n
C) diploid; 2n
D) diploid; n
E) None of the answers listed is correct.
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Q) Genetics is the study of ________.
A) heredity and variation
B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Q) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation. They
proposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis of the ________.
Answer: Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
Section: 1.2
Q) What is a mutation?
Answer: A mutation is an inherited change in a gene.
Section: 1.2
Q) What is a simple definition of an allele?
Answer: An allele is a variant form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
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, 1) What is the name of the company or institution that has access to the health, genealogical, and
genetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland?
A) National Institutes of Health
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) American Cancer Society
Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) A biotechnology company, deCODE, is in the process of creating a database that contains
________.
A) the gene sequences of all newborns in the United States beginning in 2006
B) a compilation of all the known genes in humans throughout the free world
C) health, genealogical, and genetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland
D) a complete sequence of the human genome
E) all the information available on the human genome project
Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtual absence of mutation
Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) The genetic material DNA consists of basic subunits called ________.
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) None of the answers listed is correct.
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
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