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Chaptern1nIntroductionntonGenetics
1) Then CRISPR-
Casn systemn potentiallynrepresentsn onen of n thenmost n powern techniquesn inn geneticsn asn anresult n ofni
tsn rolen in associated n withn specificn humann disorders.
A) identifyingn genes
B) editingn genes
C) producingn new n genes
D) regulatingn genes
E) transmittingngenesnAnswer:nBn
Section:n Introduction
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
2) Inn then 1600s,n Williamn Harveynstudiednreproductionnandn development.n What n isn then termn
givenn ton hisn theoryn whichn statesnthatn annorganismn developsn fromn then fertilized n eggn byn an successi
onn of n developmentaln 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 1.1n Bloom'
snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
3) What n isn then termn givenntonthentheorynwhichn statesn that n then gameten containsn an completen
miniaturen adult?
A) preformation
B) transduction
A+ Pagen1
,Created n By:n An solution
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) celln theoryn Answer:n An Section:n 1.1n Bloom's
Taxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
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4) What n isn then termn givenntonthentheorynwhichn putnforthnthenideanthatn livingn organismsn could n a
risen byn incubatingn nonlivingn components?
A) spontaneousn generation
B) naturaln selection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collectivencombinationnAnswer:nAn
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
5) Schleidenn and n Schwannn proposed n then celln theoryn whichn statesn that n .
A) cellsn containn geneticn informationn inn theirn nucleus
B) cellsn moven fromn then variousn partsn of nthen bodyntonthenreproductiven organsntonproduceno
ffspring
C) cellsn aren derived n fromn preexistingn cells
D) cellsn propagaten vian asexualn reproduction
E) cellsn represent n then basicn unitsn of nhereditynAnswer:n Cn
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
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
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,Created n By:n An solution
E) Jamesn Watsonn Answer:n Dn Section:n 1.1n Blo
om'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/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 effectivelynkilled n byntreatment nwithn bleachn Answer:n An
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Evaluating/Creating
8) Whichn of n then followingn botanistsn wasnnot ninvolved nwithnbringingn Mendel'sn workn ton light n i
nn then 1900s?
A) Carln Correns
B) Carln Linnaeus
C) Hugon den Vries
D) ErichnTschermaknAnswer:nAn
Section:n 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
9) Whon wasn then Augustiniann monkn that nconductedn andecadenofn experimentsn onnthen gardennp
ea,n eventuallyn showingn that n traitsn aren passed n fromn parentsn ton offspringn inn predictablen ways?
A) Francisn Crick
B) Alfred n Wallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregorn Mendeln Answer:n En Section:n 1.2n Blo
om'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
A+ Pagen3
, Created n By:n An solution
10) Inn manynspecies,n theren aren twonrepresentativesn ofneachn chromosome.n Innsuchn species,n thenc
haracteristicn numbern of n chromosomesn isn called n then 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 1.2n Bloom
'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
11) Geneticsn isn defined n asn then 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) replicationnand nrecombinationnAnswer:nA n
Section:n 1.2
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
12) Earlyninn then twentiethncentury,nWaltern SuttonnandnTheodornBoverin notednthat nthenbehaviorno
f n chromosomesn duringn meiosisn isn identicaln ton then behaviorn of ngenesn duringn gameten formation.n The
yn 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
C) of n then law n of n independent n assortment
D) forn then determinationn of n DNA n asn geneticn material
E) of npredictingnpatternsn of ninheritancen Answer:n Bn
Section:n 1.2
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Remembering/Understanding
13) What n isn an simplen definitionn ofnann allele?n Answer:n Annallelen isn ann alternativenformn ofnang
ene.n Section:n 1.2
A+ Pagen4