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Chapters1s Genetics:sThesStudysofsBiologicalsInformation

1) HowsdoessDNAsstructuresrelatestositssfunction?
- ThesordersofsnucleotidessinsasDNAsstrandsspecifiessthesordersofsaminosacidssin
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Isssssrotein.




2) WhatsissasdifferencesbetweensthesstructuresofsDNAsandsproteins?
- DNAsisscomposedsofsnucleotidessandsproteinssarescomposedsofsaminosacids.

3) Asgenomescansbesbestsdescribedsas
- thesDNAsinsallschromosomessinsascell.

4) WhatsissthesdifferencesbetweensthesfunctionsofsDNAsandsthesfunctionsofsproteins?
- DNAsstoressgeneticsinformationsandsproteinssperformsmostscellularsfunctions.

5) Whichsstatementssupportssthestheorysthatsallsorganismssaresrelated?
- Thesgeneticscodesissalmostsuniversal.

6) Newsgenessaresthoughtstosarisesbyswhichsmechanism?
- Genesduplicationsfollowedsbysdivergencesduestosmutation.


7) Whatsissthesmostslikelyswaysasmutationsinsonesgenescansconvertsonesbodyspartsto

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another?
- Thesmutatedsgenesencodessasproteinsthatsaffectssthesexpressionsofsmanysother
genes.

8) Asrecentstechnicalsadvancementsthatshassacceleratedsthesstudysofsgenomessissthesa
bilityto
- sequenceslargescomplexsgenomessrapidlysandsinexpensively.

9) Whatsissthesdifferencesbetweensgeneticsdissectionsandsgenomessequencing?
- Geneticsdissectionsrevealssinformationsaboutsonesgenesatsastimesandsgen
omesequencingsrevealssinformationsaboutsallsthesgenessinsasgenomesatsonce.

10) Currently,swhatsinformationscansbesobtainedsfromssequencingsansindividual'ssgenome?
- Informationsaboutsgenesvariantssthatspredisposesaspersonstosasdisease,ssuchs
ascIsssancer.

11) Whichsissnotsaspotentialsproblemsofsallowingsthesgenomicssequencessofsindividualsst
obecomeswidelysavailable?
- Advancessleadingstoshealthierslivessforssomespeople.




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12) OnesstrandsofsDNAshassthessequences5′sGGTCTAs3′.sWhatsissthessequencesofsthesotherst
rand?
- 5′sTAGACCs3′

13) WhichsstatementsisstruesaboutsthesstructuresofsDNA?
- ThestwosstrandssofsasDNAsmoleculesaresheldstogethersbysbasespairing.

14) Thessizesofsthesmouses(M.smusculus)sgenomesiss2700smegabasess (Mb)s ands itscontains
sabouts25,000sgenessarrangedsons40schromosomes.sIfsthesgenessaresevenlysdistributedsons

chromosomessinsthesmouse,swhatsissthesaveragesnumbersofsgenessperschromosome?
-s625

15) Whichsstatementsaboutsthesstructuresofsproteinssissfalse?
- Mostsproteinssconsistsofstwosaminosacidspolymerssattachedstogethersbyshydrogensb
onding.

16) WhichsissasstructuralsfeaturessharedsbysDNA,sRNA,sandsproteins?
- Thesordersofsmonomerssissimportantsforsfunction.

17) AssegmentsofsasproteinshassthesaminosacidssequencesSer—Gly—
Leu.sIssitspossiblestoinfersthessequencesofsthesRNAsthatsencodessthissaminosacidssequence?




No;smoresthansonestypesofsRNAs(moresthansonesbasessequence)scouldsencodesthissa
minoacidssequence.




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18) AssequencesofsbasessinsthesmiddlesofsansRNAsusedstosencodesaspolypeptideshassthessequ
encesUUA—AUG—
CGU.sIssitspossiblestosinfersthessequencesofsthesaminosacidssencodedsbysthissRNA?




- Yes,sthessequencesissLeu—Met—Arg.

19) Mutationsofsasmousesgenesresultssinsmicesthatslacksheartsmuscle.sWhatscharacteristics
wouldsyousexpectstosfindsinsashumansgenesthatshassascommonsoriginswithsthissmousesgene
?
- Theshumansandsmousesgenesswillsspecifysproteinsswithssimilarsaminos
acidsequences.

20) Asmousesgeneswassidentifiedsandsdeterminedstosbesrequiredsforsformationsofshearts
muscle.sAsgeneswithsassimilarssequenceswassidentifiedsinstheshumansgenome.sWhatsexp
erimentscouldsscientistssdostosdeterminesifsthesmousesandshumansgenesshavessimilarfu
nctions?
- Thesscientistscouldsplacesthesnormalshumansgenesintosmutantsmicestosseesifsh
eartmusclesformssinsthesmouse.




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