ConceptscofcGenetics,c10ec(Klug/Cummings/Spencer/Palladino)c
Chapterc1 IntroductionctocGenetics
1) Whatciscthecnamecofctheccompanycorcinstitutioncthatchascaccessctocthechealth,cgenealogical,candcge
neticcinformationcofcapproximatelyc270,000cresidentscofcIceland?
A) NationalcInstitutescofcHealth
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) AmericancCancercSocietyc
Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) Acbiotechnologyccompany,cdeCODE,ciscincthecprocesscofccreatingcacdatabasecthatccontains
.
A) thecgenecsequencescofcallcnewbornscincthecUnitedcStatescbeginningcinc2006
B) accompilationcofcallcthecknowncgenescinchumanscthroughoutcthecfreecworld
C) health,cgenealogical,candcgeneticcinformationcofcapproximatelyc270,000cresidentscofcIceland
D) accompletecsequencecofcthechumancgenome
E) allcthecinformationcavailableconcthechumancgenomecprojectc
Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) WhycdidcdeCODEcselectcIcelandcforcitscambitiouscresearchcproject?
A) acrelativelyclowcdegreecofcgeneticcdiversity
B) frequentcandcextensivecmutationalcbursts
C) highcgeneticcdiversity
D) lackcofcgenealogicalcinformation
E) virtualcabsencecofcmutationc
Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) ThecgeneticcmaterialcDNAcconsistscofcbasiccsubunitsccalledc .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) Nonecofcthecanswersclistedcisccorrect.c
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
1
,5) Thecimmediatecproductcofctranscriptioncisc .
A) acphospholipid
B) ancaminocacid
C) acprotein
D) accarbohydrate
E) RNA
Answer:
cEc
Section: 1.3
6) Incmanycspecies,ctherecarectwocrepresentativescofceachcchromosome.cIncsuchcspecies,cthecchara
cteristiccnumbercofcchromosomescisccalledcthec
cnumber.cItciscusuallycsymbolizedcasc .
A) haploid;cn
B) haploid;c2n
C) diploid;c2n
D) diploid;cn
E) Nonecofcthecanswersclistedcisccorrect.c
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Geneticsciscthecstudycofc .
A) hereditycandcvariation
B) mutationcandcrecession
C) transcriptioncandctranslation
D) diploidcandchaploid
E) replicationcandcrecombinationc
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Earlycincthectwentiethccentury,cWaltercSuttoncandcTheodorecBovericnotedcthatcthecbehaviorcofcchr
omosomescduringcmeiosisciscidenticalctocthecbehaviorcofcgenescduringcgametecformation.cTheycprop
osedcthatcgenescareccarriedconcchromosomes,cwhichcledctocthecbasiscofcthec
.cAnswer:
ChromosomecTheorycofcInheritance
Section: 1.2
9) Whatciscacmutation?
Answer:
cAcmutationciscancinheritedcchangecincacgene.cS
ection: 1.2
10) Whatciscacsimplecdefinitioncofcancallele?cAns
wer:
cAncalleleciscacvariantcformcofcacgene.cSection:
1.2
2
,11) Untilcthecmid-
1940s,cmanycscientistscconsideredcproteinsctocbectheclikelyccandidatescforcthecgeneticcmaterial.cW
hy?
Answer:
Proteinscarecthecmostcabundant,cuniversallycdistributedccomponentscinccells.cBecauseco
fctheircgreatcstructuralcandcfunctionalcdiversity,ctheycwerecconsideredclikelyccandidates.
Section: 1.2
12) Namecthecindividualcwho,cwhilecworkingcwithcthecgardencpeacincthecmid-
1850s,cdemonstratedcquantitativecpatternscofchereditycandcdevelopedcactheorycinvolvingcthecbehav
iorcofchereditarycfactors.
Answer:
cGregorcMendelc
Section: 1.2
13) Whatcdoescthectermcgeneticscmean?
Answer:
Geneticsciscacsubdisciplinecofcbiologycconcernedcwithcthecstudycofchereditycandcv
ariationcatcthecmolecular,ccellular,cdevelopmental,corganismal,candcpopulationalclevels.
Section: 1.2
14) Namecthecsubstancecthatcservescascthechereditarycmaterialcinceukaryotescandcprokaryotes.cA
nswer: DNAcorcdeoxyribonucleiccacid
Section: 1.2
15) Namectwocindividualscwhocprovidedcthecconceptualcbasiscforcourcpresentcunderstandingcthatcg
enescareconcchromosomes.
Answer:
cWaltercSuttoncandcTheodorecBoveric
Section: 1.2
16) Whatctermciscusedctocdescribecthecfactcthatcdifferentcgenescincancorganismcoftencprovidecdi
fferencescincobservablecfeatures?
Answer:
cphenotype
cSection: 1.2
17) AcfundamentalcpropertycofcDNA'scnitrogenouscbasescthatciscnecessarycforcthecd
ouble-strandedcnaturecofcitscstructurecisc .
Answer:
ccomplementarityc
Section: 1.3
18) RecombinantcDNActechnologyciscdependentconcacparticularcclasscofcenzymes,cknowncas
,cthatccutcDNAcatcspecificcnucleotidecsequences.c
Answer: restrictioncenzymes
Section: 1.4
3
, 19) Namecthecbotanistcwho,cinc1900,crediscoveredcthecworkcofcGregorcMendel.c
Answer: CarlcCorrens
Section: 1.2
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Chapterc1 IntroductionctocGenetics
1) Whatciscthecnamecofctheccompanycorcinstitutioncthatchascaccessctocthechealth,cgenealogical,candcge
neticcinformationcofcapproximatelyc270,000cresidentscofcIceland?
A) NationalcInstitutescofcHealth
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) AmericancCancercSocietyc
Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) Acbiotechnologyccompany,cdeCODE,ciscincthecprocesscofccreatingcacdatabasecthatccontains
.
A) thecgenecsequencescofcallcnewbornscincthecUnitedcStatescbeginningcinc2006
B) accompilationcofcallcthecknowncgenescinchumanscthroughoutcthecfreecworld
C) health,cgenealogical,candcgeneticcinformationcofcapproximatelyc270,000cresidentscofcIceland
D) accompletecsequencecofcthechumancgenome
E) allcthecinformationcavailableconcthechumancgenomecprojectc
Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) WhycdidcdeCODEcselectcIcelandcforcitscambitiouscresearchcproject?
A) acrelativelyclowcdegreecofcgeneticcdiversity
B) frequentcandcextensivecmutationalcbursts
C) highcgeneticcdiversity
D) lackcofcgenealogicalcinformation
E) virtualcabsencecofcmutationc
Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) ThecgeneticcmaterialcDNAcconsistscofcbasiccsubunitsccalledc .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) Nonecofcthecanswersclistedcisccorrect.c
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
1
,5) Thecimmediatecproductcofctranscriptioncisc .
A) acphospholipid
B) ancaminocacid
C) acprotein
D) accarbohydrate
E) RNA
Answer:
cEc
Section: 1.3
6) Incmanycspecies,ctherecarectwocrepresentativescofceachcchromosome.cIncsuchcspecies,cthecchara
cteristiccnumbercofcchromosomescisccalledcthec
cnumber.cItciscusuallycsymbolizedcasc .
A) haploid;cn
B) haploid;c2n
C) diploid;c2n
D) diploid;cn
E) Nonecofcthecanswersclistedcisccorrect.c
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Geneticsciscthecstudycofc .
A) hereditycandcvariation
B) mutationcandcrecession
C) transcriptioncandctranslation
D) diploidcandchaploid
E) replicationcandcrecombinationc
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Earlycincthectwentiethccentury,cWaltercSuttoncandcTheodorecBovericnotedcthatcthecbehaviorcofcchr
omosomescduringcmeiosisciscidenticalctocthecbehaviorcofcgenescduringcgametecformation.cTheycprop
osedcthatcgenescareccarriedconcchromosomes,cwhichcledctocthecbasiscofcthec
.cAnswer:
ChromosomecTheorycofcInheritance
Section: 1.2
9) Whatciscacmutation?
Answer:
cAcmutationciscancinheritedcchangecincacgene.cS
ection: 1.2
10) Whatciscacsimplecdefinitioncofcancallele?cAns
wer:
cAncalleleciscacvariantcformcofcacgene.cSection:
1.2
2
,11) Untilcthecmid-
1940s,cmanycscientistscconsideredcproteinsctocbectheclikelyccandidatescforcthecgeneticcmaterial.cW
hy?
Answer:
Proteinscarecthecmostcabundant,cuniversallycdistributedccomponentscinccells.cBecauseco
fctheircgreatcstructuralcandcfunctionalcdiversity,ctheycwerecconsideredclikelyccandidates.
Section: 1.2
12) Namecthecindividualcwho,cwhilecworkingcwithcthecgardencpeacincthecmid-
1850s,cdemonstratedcquantitativecpatternscofchereditycandcdevelopedcactheorycinvolvingcthecbehav
iorcofchereditarycfactors.
Answer:
cGregorcMendelc
Section: 1.2
13) Whatcdoescthectermcgeneticscmean?
Answer:
Geneticsciscacsubdisciplinecofcbiologycconcernedcwithcthecstudycofchereditycandcv
ariationcatcthecmolecular,ccellular,cdevelopmental,corganismal,candcpopulationalclevels.
Section: 1.2
14) Namecthecsubstancecthatcservescascthechereditarycmaterialcinceukaryotescandcprokaryotes.cA
nswer: DNAcorcdeoxyribonucleiccacid
Section: 1.2
15) Namectwocindividualscwhocprovidedcthecconceptualcbasiscforcourcpresentcunderstandingcthatcg
enescareconcchromosomes.
Answer:
cWaltercSuttoncandcTheodorecBoveric
Section: 1.2
16) Whatctermciscusedctocdescribecthecfactcthatcdifferentcgenescincancorganismcoftencprovidecdi
fferencescincobservablecfeatures?
Answer:
cphenotype
cSection: 1.2
17) AcfundamentalcpropertycofcDNA'scnitrogenouscbasescthatciscnecessarycforcthecd
ouble-strandedcnaturecofcitscstructurecisc .
Answer:
ccomplementarityc
Section: 1.3
18) RecombinantcDNActechnologyciscdependentconcacparticularcclasscofcenzymes,cknowncas
,cthatccutcDNAcatcspecificcnucleotidecsequences.c
Answer: restrictioncenzymes
Section: 1.4
3
, 19) Namecthecbotanistcwho,cinc1900,crediscoveredcthecworkcofcGregorcMendel.c
Answer: CarlcCorrens
Section: 1.2
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