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Chapterw1wIntroductionwtowGenetics
1) ThewCRISPR-
Caswsystemwpotentiallywrepresentswonewofwthewmostwpowerwtechniqueswinwgeneticswaswawresultwofwits
rolewin associatedwwithwspecificwhumanwdisorders.
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A) identifyingwgenes
B) editingwgenes
C) producingwnewwgenes
D) regulatingwgenes
E) transmittingwgeneswAnswer:wB
Section:wIntroduction
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
2)
Inwthew1600s,wWilliamwHarveywstudiedwreproductionwandwdevelopment.wWhatwiswthewtermw
givenwtowhiswtheorywwhichwstateswthatwanworganismwdevelopswfromwthewfertilizedweggwbywawsuccessi
onwofwdevelopmentalweventswthatwleadwtowanwadult?
A) preformation
B) spontaneouswgeneration
C) cellwtheory
D) transduction
E) epigenesiswAnswer:wEwSection:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
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3)
Whatwiswthewtermwgivenwtowthewtheorywwhichwstateswthatwthewgametewcontainswawcompletewm
iniaturewadult?
A) preformation
B) transduction
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) cellwtheorywAnswer:wAwSection:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
4)
Whatwiswthewtermwgivenwtowthewtheorywwhichwputwforthwthewideawthatwlivingworganismswcoul
dwarisewbywincubatingwnonlivingwcomponents?
A) spontaneouswgeneration
B) naturalwselection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collectivewcombinationwAnswer:wA
Section:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
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5) SchleidenwandwSchwannwproposedwthewcellwtheorywwhichwstateswthat .
A) cellswcontainwgeneticwinformationwinwtheirwnucleus
B)
cellswmovewfromwthewvariouswpartswofwthewbodywtowthewreproductiveworganswtowproducewoffs
pring
C) cellswarewderivedwfromwpreexistingwcells
D) cellswpropagatewviawasexualwreproduction
E) cellswrepresentwthewbasicwunitswofwhereditywAnswer:wC
Section:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
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6) Who,walongwwithwAlfredwWallace,wformulatedwthewtheorywofwnaturalwselection?
A) GregorwMendel
B) WilliamwHarvey
C) LouiswPasteur
D) CharleswDarwin
E) JameswWatsonwAnswer:wDwSection:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
7) Whichwofwthewfollowingwiswanwexamplewofwnaturalwselection?
A) awbird'swbeakwiswablewtoweffectivelywcrackwthewseedswitwencounters
B) dogwbreedingwbywhumans
C) dependingwonwthewfoodwawturtleweats,witswshellwmaywgrowwfasterworwslower
D) sometimewduringwhuman'swlifewtheywbreakwawbone
E) bacteriawcanwbeweffectivelywkilledwbywtreatmentwwithwbleachwAnswer:wA
Section:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wEvaluating/Creating
8)
WhichwofwthewfollowingwbotanistswwaswnotwinvolvedwwithwbringingwMendel'swworkwtowlight
inwthew1900s?
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A) CarlwCorrens
B) CarlwLinnaeus
C) HugowdewVries
D) ErichwTschermakwAnswer:wA
Section:w1.1
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
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9)
WhowwaswthewAugustinianwmonkwthatwconductedwawdecadewofwexperimentswonwthewgardenw
pea,weventuallywshowingwthatwtraitswarewpassedwfromwparentswtowoffspringwinwpredictablewways?
A) FranciswCrick
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B) AlfredwWallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) GregorwMendelwAnswer:wEwSection:w1.2
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
10)
Inwmanywspecies,wtherewarewtwowrepresentativeswofweachwchromosome.wInwsuchwspecies,wthe
characteristicwnumberwofwchromosomeswiswcalledwthe
w number.wItwiswusuallywsymbolizedwas
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A) haploid;wn
B) haploid;w2n
C) diploid;w2n
D) diploid;wn
E) polyploid;wnwAnswer:wCwSection:w1.2
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
11) Geneticswiswdefinedwaswthewbranchwofwbiologywassociatedwwith .
A) hereditywandwvariation
B) mutationwandwrecession
C) transcriptionwandwtranslation
D) diploidwandwhaploid
E) replicationwandwrecombinationwAnswer:wA
Section:w1.2
Bloom'swTaxonomy:wRemembering/Understanding
12)
Earlywinwthewtwentiethwcentury,wWalterwSuttonwandwTheodorwBoveriwnotedwthatwthewbehavi
orwofwchromosomeswduringwmeiosiswiswidenticalwtowthewbehaviorwofwgeneswduringwgametewformatio
n.wTheywproposedwthatwgeneswarewcarriedwonwchromosomes,wwhichwledwtowthewbasis .
A) ofwthewgerm-plasmwtheory
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