Test Bank For Genetics; A Conceptual Approach,
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, ConceptsofGenetics, 7e (Klug/Cummings/Spencer/Palladino)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
1) What is the name of the companyor 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 CancerSociety
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 theinformation availableon the human genomeproject
Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relativelylow degree of genetic diversity
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtualabsenceofmutation
Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) The genetic material DNA consists of basic subunits called .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) Noneoftheanswers listed is correct.
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
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, 5) 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
6) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
characteristic number of chromosomes is called the number. It isusuallysymbolized
as .
A) haploid; n
B) haploid; 2n
C) diploid; 2n
D) diploid; n
E) Noneoftheanswers listed is correct.
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Genetics is the study of .
A) heredity and variation
B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replicationandrecombination
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Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
chromosomes duringmeiosis 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
9) What is a mutation?
Answer: Amutation is an inherited change in a gene.
Section: 1.2
10) 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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7th Edition (Pierce, 2026), Chapter 1-26 | isbn
9781319216801 Complete Solution Guide A+.
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, ConceptsofGenetics, 7e (Klug/Cummings/Spencer/Palladino)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
1) What is the name of the companyor 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 CancerSociety
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 theinformation availableon the human genomeproject
Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relativelylow degree of genetic diversity
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtualabsenceofmutation
Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) The genetic material DNA consists of basic subunits called .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) Noneoftheanswers listed is correct.
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
3
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, 5) 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
6) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
characteristic number of chromosomes is called the number. It isusuallysymbolized
as .
A) haploid; n
B) haploid; 2n
C) diploid; 2n
D) diploid; n
E) Noneoftheanswers listed is correct.
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Genetics is the study of .
A) heredity and variation
B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replicationandrecombination
l
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
chromosomes duringmeiosis 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
9) What is a mutation?
Answer: Amutation is an inherited change in a gene.
Section: 1.2
10) 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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