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1) HowgdoesgDNAgstructuregrelategtogitsgfunction?
- ThegordergofgnucleotidesgingagDNAgstrandgspecifiesgthegordergofgaminogacidsg
ingaIprotein.
2) WhatgisgagdifferencegbetweengthegstructuregofgDNAgandgproteins?
- DNAgisgcomposedgofgnucleotidesgandgproteinsgaregcomposedgofgaminogacids.
3) Aggenomegcangbegbestgdescribedgas
- thegDNAgingallgchromosomesgingagcell.
4) WhatgisgthegdifferencegbetweengthegfunctiongofgDNAgandgthegfunctiongofgproteins?
- DNAgstoresggeneticginformationgandgproteinsgperformgmostgcellulargfunctions.
5) Whichgstatementgsupportsgthegtheorygthatgallgorganismsgaregrelated?
- Theggeneticgcodegisgalmostguniversal.
6) Newggenesgaregthoughtgtogarisegbygwhichgmechanism?
- Genegduplicationgfollowedgbygdivergencegduegtogmutation.
7) Whatgisgthegmostglikelygwaygagmutationgingoneggenegcangconvertgonegbodygpartgto
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- Thegmutatedggenegencodesgagproteingthatgaffectsgthegexpressiongofgmanygother
genes.
8) Agrecentgtechnicalgadvancementgthatghasgacceleratedgthegstudygofggenomesgisgt
hegabilityto
- sequenceglargegcomplexggenomesgrapidlygandginexpensively.
9) Whatgisgthegdifferencegbetweenggeneticgdissectiongandggenomegsequencing?
- Geneticgdissectiongrevealsginformationgaboutgoneggenegatgagtimegandgg
enomesequencinggrevealsginformationgaboutgallgtheggenesgingaggenomegatgonce
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10) Currently,gwhatginformationgcangbegobtainedgfromgsequencinggangindividual'sggenome?
- Informationgaboutggenegvariantsgthatgpredisposegagpersongtogagdisease,gsuc
hgasIcancer.
11) Whichgisgnotgagpotentialgproblemgofgallowinggtheggenomicgsequencesgofgindividua
lsgtobecomegwidelygavailable?
- Advancesgleadinggtoghealthierglivesgforgsomegpeople.
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12) OnegstrandgofgDNAghasgthegsequenceg5′gGGTCTAg3′.gWhatgisgthegsequencegofgthegot
herstrand?
- 5′gTAGACCg3′
13) WhichgstatementgisgtruegaboutgthegstructuregofgDNA?
- ThegtwogstrandsgofgagDNAgmoleculegaregheldgtogethergbygbasegpairing.
14) Thegsizegofgthegmouseg(M.gmusculus)ggenomegisg2700gmegabasesg(Mb)g andg itg cont
ainsgaboutg25,000ggenesgarrangedgong40gchromosomes.gIfgtheggenesgaregevenlygdistrib
utedgongchromosomesgingthegmouse,gwhatgisgthegaveragegnumbergofggenesgpergchromos
ome?
-g625
15) Whichgstatementgaboutgthegstructuregofgproteinsgisgfalse?
- Mostgproteinsgconsistgofgtwogaminogacidgpolymersgattachedgtogethergbyghydroge
ngbonding.
16) WhichgisgagstructuralgfeaturegsharedgbygDNA,gRNA,gandgproteins?
- Thegordergofgmonomersgisgimportantgforgfunction.
17) AgsegmentgofgagproteinghasgthegaminogacidgsequencegSer—Gly—
Leu.gIsgitgpossiblegtoinfergthegsequencegofgthegRNAgthatgencodesgthisgaminogacidgsequ
ence?
No;gmoregthangonegtypegofgRNAg(moregthangonegbasegsequence)gcouldgencodegthisgamino
acidgsequence.
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18) AgsequencegofgbasesgingthegmiddlegofgangRNAgusedgtogencodegagpolypeptideghasgthegs
equencegUUA—AUG—
CGU.gIsgitgpossiblegtoginfergthegsequencegofgthegaminogacidsgencodedgbygthisgRNA?
- Yes,gthegsequencegisgLeu—Met—Arg.
19) Mutationgofgagmouseggenegresultsgingmicegthatglackgheartgmuscle.gWhatgcharacterist
icgwouldgyougexpectgtogfindgingaghumanggenegthatghasgagcommongorigingwithgthisgmous
eggene?
- Theghumangandgmouseggenesgwillgspecifygproteinsgwithgsimilargamin
ogacidsequences.
20) Agmouseggenegwasgidentifiedgandgdeterminedgtogbegrequiredgforgformationgofghea
rtgmuscle.gAggenegwithgagsimilargsequencegwasgidentifiedgingtheghumanggenome.gWha
tgexperimentgcouldgscientistsgdogtogdeterminegifgthegmousegandghumanggenesghavegsi
milarfunctions?
- Thegscientistgcouldgplacegthegnormalghumanggenegintogmutantgmicegtogsee
gifgheartmusclegformsgingthegmouse.
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