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1) HowgdoesgDNAgstructuregrelategtogitsgfunction?
- ThegordergofgnucleotidesgingagDNAgstrandgspecifiesgthegordergofgaminogacidsging
aIprotein.
2) WhatgisgagdifferencegbetweengthegstructuregofgDNAgandgproteins?
- DNAgisgcomposedgofgnucleotidesgandgproteinsgaregcomposedgofgaminogacids.
3) Aggenomegcangbegbestgdescribedgas
- thegDNAgingallgchromosomesgingagcell.
4) WhatgisgthegdifferencegbetweengthegfunctiongofgDNAgandgthegfunctiongofgproteins?
- DNAgstoresggeneticginformationgandgproteinsgperformgmostgcellulargfunctions.
5) Whichgstatementgsupportsgthegtheorygthatgallgorganismsgaregrelated?
- Theggeneticgcodegisgalmostguniversal.
6) Newggenesgaregthoughtgtogarisegbygwhichgmechanism?
- Genegduplicationgfollowedgbygdivergencegduegtogmutation.
7) Whatgisgthegmostglikelygwaygagmutationgingoneggenegcangconvertgonegbodygpartgto
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- Thegmutatedggenegencodesgagproteingthatgaffectsgthegexpressiongofgmanygother
genes.
8) Agrecentgtechnicalgadvancementgthatghasgacceleratedgthegstudygofggenomesgisgtheg
abilityto
- sequenceglargegcomplexggenomesgrapidlygandginexpensively.
9) Whatgisgthegdifferencegbetweenggeneticgdissectiongandggenomegsequencing?
- Geneticgdissectiongrevealsginformationgaboutgoneggenegatgagtimegandggen
omesequencinggrevealsginformationgaboutgallgtheggenesgingaggenomegatgonce.
10) Currently,gwhatginformationgcangbegobtainedgfromgsequencinggangindividual'sggenome?
- Informationgaboutggenegvariantsgthatgpredisposegagpersongtogagdisease,gsuchg
asIcancer.
11) Whichgisgnotgagpotentialgproblemgofgallowinggtheggenomicgsequencesgofgindividualsg
tobecomegwidelygavailable?
- Advancesgleadinggtoghealthierglivesgforgsomegpeople.
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12) OnegstrandgofgDNAghasgthegsequenceg5′gGGTCTAg3′.gWhatgisgthegsequencegofgthegother
strand?
- 5′gTAGACCg3′
13) WhichgstatementgisgtruegaboutgthegstructuregofgDNA?
- ThegtwogstrandsgofgagDNAgmoleculegaregheldgtogethergbygbasegpairing.
14) Thegsizegofgthegmouseg(M.gmusculus)ggenomegisg2700gmegabasesg(Mb)g andg itg contain
sgaboutg25,000ggenesgarrangedgong40gchromosomes.gIfgtheggenesgaregevenlygdistributedgo
ngchromosomesgingthegmouse,gwhatgisgthegaveragegnumbergofggenesgpergchromosome?
-g625
15) Whichgstatementgaboutgthegstructuregofgproteinsgisgfalse?
- Mostgproteinsgconsistgofgtwogaminogacidgpolymersgattachedgtogethergbyghydrogeng
bonding.
16) WhichgisgagstructuralgfeaturegsharedgbygDNA,gRNA,gandgproteins?
- Thegordergofgmonomersgisgimportantgforgfunction.
17) AgsegmentgofgagproteinghasgthegaminogacidgsequencegSer—Gly—
Leu.gIsgitgpossiblegtoinfergthegsequencegofgthegRNAgthatgencodesgthisgaminogacidgsequenc
e?
No;gmoregthangonegtypegofgRNAg(moregthangonegbasegsequence)gcouldgencodegthisgaminoaci
dgsequence.
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18) AgsequencegofgbasesgingthegmiddlegofgangRNAgusedgtogencodegagpolypeptideghasgthegseq
uencegUUA—AUG—
CGU.gIsgitgpossiblegtoginfergthegsequencegofgthegaminogacidsgencodedgbygthisgRNA?
- Yes,gthegsequencegisgLeu—Met—Arg.
19) Mutationgofgagmouseggenegresultsgingmicegthatglackgheartgmuscle.gWhatgcharacteristicg
wouldgyougexpectgtogfindgingaghumanggenegthatghasgagcommongorigingwithgthisgmouseggen
e?
- Theghumangandgmouseggenesgwillgspecifygproteinsgwithgsimilargaminog
acidsequences.
20) Agmouseggenegwasgidentifiedgandgdeterminedgtogbegrequiredgforgformationgofgheartg
muscle.gAggenegwithgagsimilargsequencegwasgidentifiedgingtheghumanggenome.gWhatgexp
erimentgcouldgscientistsgdogtogdeterminegifgthegmousegandghumanggenesghavegsimilarfu
nctions?
- Thegscientistgcouldgplacegthegnormalghumanggenegintogmutantgmicegtogseegifg
heartmusclegformsgingthegmouse.
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