Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by Wil
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liam S Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
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Chaptern1nIntroductionntonGenetics
1) Then CRISPR-
Casn systemn potentiallyn representsn onen of n thenmost n powern techniquesn inn geneticsn asn anresult n of nitsn rol
en in associated n withn specificn humann disorders.
A) identifyingn genes
B) editingn genes
C) producingn new n genes
D) regulatingn genes
E) transmittingn genesn Answer:n B
Section:n Introduction
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
2)
Inn then 1600s,n Williamn Harveyn studied nreproductionn andn development.n What n isn then termn giv
enn ton hisn theoryn whichn statesn that nann organismn developsn fromn thenfertilized n eggn bynansuccessionn of nd
evelopmentaln eventsn that n lead n ton ann adult?
A) preformation
B) spontaneousn generation
C) celln theory
D) transduction
E) epigenesisn Answer:n En Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
A+ Pagen1
,Created n By:n An solution
3)
What n isn then termn givenn tonthentheorynwhichn statesn that nthengameten containsn an completen minia
turen adult?
A) preformation
B) transduction
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) celln theoryn Answer:n An Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
4)
What n isn then termn givenn tonthentheorynwhichn putn forthnthenidean that nlivingn organismsn could n ari
sen byn incubatingn nonlivingn components?
A) spontaneousn generation
B) naturaln selection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collectiven combinationn Answer:n A
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
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5) Schleidenn and n Schwannn proposed n then celln theoryn whichn statesn that .
A) cellsn containn geneticn informationn inn theirn nucleus
B)
cellsn moven fromn then variousn partsn of n thenbodyn ton thenreproductiven organsn ton producen offspri
ng
C) cellsn aren derived n fromn preexistingn cells
D) cellsn propagaten vian asexualn reproduction
E) cellsn represent n then basicn unitsn of n heredityn Answer:n C
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
A+ Pagen2
,Created n By:n An solution
6) Who,n alongn withn Alfred n Wallace,n formulated n then theoryn of n naturaln selection?
A) Gregorn Mendel
B) Williamn Harvey
C) Louisn Pasteur
D) Charlesn Darwin
E) Jamesn Watsonn Answer:n Dn Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
7) Whichn of n then followingn isn ann examplen of n naturaln selection?
A) an bird'sn beakn isn ablen ton effectivelyn crackn then seedsn it n encounters
B) dogn breedingn byn humans
C) dependingn onn then food n an turtlen eats,n itsn shelln mayn grow n fastern orn slower
D) sometimen duringn human'sn lifen theyn breakn an bone
E) bacterian cann ben effectivelyn killed n byn treatment n withn bleachn Answer:n A
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Evaluating/Creating
8)
Whichn of n then followingn botanistsnwasn notninvolved n withn bringingn Mendel'sn workn ton light ninn
then 1900s?
A) Carln Correns
B) Carln Linnaeus
C) Hugon den Vries
D) Erichn Tschermakn Answer:n A
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
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9)
Whon wasn then Augustiniann monkn that nconductednan decaden ofnexperimentsn onn thengardennpea,
n eventuallyn showingn that n traitsn aren passed n fromn parentsn ton offspringn inn predictablen ways?
A) Francisn Crick
A+ Pagen3
, Created n By:n An solution
B) Alfred n Wallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregorn Mendeln Answer:n En Section:n 1.2
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
10)
Inn manyn species,n theren aren twon representativesn ofn eachnchromosome.n Inn suchn species,n thench
aracteristicn numbern of n chromosomesn isn called n the number.n It n isn usuallyn symbolized n as .
A) haploid;n n
B) haploid;n 2n
C) diploid;n 2n
D) diploid;n n
E) polyploid;n nn Answer:n Cn Section:n 1.2
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
11) Geneticsn isn defined n asnthen branchn of n biologyn associated n with.
A) heredityn and n variation
B) mutationn and n recession
C) transcriptionn and n translation
D) diploid n and n haploid
E) replicationn and n recombinationn Answer:n A
Section:n 1.2
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
12)
Earlyn inn then twentiethn century,n Waltern SuttonnandnTheodorn Boverin notedn that nthenbehaviorn o
f n chromosomesn duringn meiosisn isn identicaln ton then behaviorn of ngenesn duringn gameten formation.n They
n proposed n that n genesn aren carried n onn chromosomes,n whichn led n ton then basis .
A) of n then germ-plasmn theory
B) of n then chromosomen theoryn of n inheritance
A+ Pagen4