Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by Willi
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Chaptert1tIntroductionttotGenetics
1) ThetCRISPR-
Castsystemtpotentiallytrepresentstonetoftthetmosttpowerttechniquestintgeneticstastatresulttoftitstroletin
associatedtwithtspecificthumantdisorders.
A) identifyingtgenes
B) editingtgenes
C) producingtnewtgenes
D) regulatingtgenes
E) transmittingtgenestAnswer:tB
Section:tIntroduction
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
2)
Intthet1600s,tWilliamtHarveytstudiedtreproductiontandtdevelopment.tWhattistthettermtgiventt
othisttheorytwhichtstatestthattantorganismtdevelopstfromtthetfertilizedteggtbytatsuccessiontoftdevelop
mentalteventstthattleadttotantadult?
A) preformation
B) spontaneoustgeneration
C) cellttheory
D) transduction
E) epigenesistAnswer:tEtSection:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
3)
Whattistthettermtgiventtotthettheorytwhichtstatestthattthetgametetcontainstatcompletetminiatur
etadult?
A) preformation
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,CreatedtBy:tAtsolution
B) transduction
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) cellttheorytAnswer:tAtSection:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
4)
Whattistthettermtgiventtotthettheorytwhichtputtforthtthetideatthattlivingtorganismstcouldtarisetb
ytincubatingtnonlivingtcomponents?
A) spontaneoustgeneration
B) naturaltselection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collectivetcombinationtAnswer:tA
Section:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
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5) SchleidentandtSchwanntproposedtthetcellttheorytwhichtstatestthat .
A) cellstcontaintgenetictinformationtinttheirtnucleus
B) cellstmovetfromtthetvarioustpartstoftthetbodyttotthetreproductivetorgansttotproducetoffspring
C) cellstaretderivedtfromtpreexistingtcells
D) cellstpropagatetviatasexualtreproduction
E) cellstrepresenttthetbasictunitstofthereditytAnswer:tC
Section:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
6) Who,talongtwithtAlfredtWallace,tformulatedtthettheorytoftnaturaltselection?
A) GregortMendel
B) WilliamtHarvey
C) LouistPasteur
D) CharlestDarwin
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,CreatedtBy:tAtsolution
E) JamestWatsontAnswer:tDtSection:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
7) Whichtoftthetfollowingtistantexampletoftnaturaltselection?
A) atbird'stbeaktistablettoteffectivelytcracktthetseedstittencounters
B) dogtbreedingtbythumans
C) dependingtontthetfoodtatturtleteats,titstshelltmaytgrowtfastertortslower
D) sometimetduringthuman'stlifettheytbreaktatbone
E) bacteriatcantbeteffectivelytkilledtbyttreatmenttwithtbleachtAnswer:tA
Section:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tEvaluating/Creating
8)
WhichtoftthetfollowingtbotaniststwastnottinvolvedtwithtbringingtMendel'stworkttotlighttintthet
1900s?
A) CarltCorrens
B) CarltLinnaeus
C) HugotdetVries
D) ErichtTschermaktAnswer:tA
Section:t1.1
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
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9)
WhotwastthetAugustiniantmonktthattconductedtatdecadetoftexperimentstontthetgardentpea,tev
entuallytshowingtthatttraitstaretpassedtfromtparentsttotoffspringtintpredictabletways?
A) FrancistCrick
B) AlfredtWallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) GregortMendeltAnswer:tEtSection:t1.2
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
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10)
Intmanytspecies,ttheretarettwotrepresentativestofteachtchromosome.tIntsuchtspecies,tthetchara
cteristictnumbertoftchromosomestistcalledtthe number.tIttistusuallytsymbolizedtas .
A) haploid;tn
B) haploid;t2n
C) diploid;t2n
D) diploid;tn
E) polyploid;tntAnswer:tCtSection:t1.2
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
11) Geneticstistdefinedtastthetbranchtoftbiologytassociatedtwith .
A) hereditytandtvariation
B) mutationtandtrecession
C) transcriptiontandttranslation
D) diploidtandthaploid
E) replicationtandtrecombinationtAnswer:tA
Section:t1.2
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
12)
Earlytintthettwentiethtcentury,tWaltertSuttontandtTheodortBoveritnotedtthattthetbehaviortoftch
romosomestduringtmeiosististidenticalttotthetbehaviortoftgenestduringtgametetformation.tTheytpropo
sedtthattgenestaretcarriedtontchromosomes,twhichtledttotthetbasis .
A) oftthetgerm-plasmttheory
B) oftthetchromosomettheorytoftinheritance
C) oftthetlawtoftindependenttassortment
D) fortthetdeterminationtoftDNAtastgenetictmaterial
E) oftpredictingtpatternstoftinheritancetAnswer:tB
Section:t1.2
Bloom'stTaxonomy:tRemembering/Understanding
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