Exam 1 Molecular Biology Dr.
Borgon Questions & answers
Watson and Crick published a paper called - answer "Molecular
Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic
Acid"
The field of molecular biology started with the discovery of -
answer DNA structure
Who felt that students weren't listening when he lectured, and
were instead taking notes - answer watson
Who was born in 1822, became a monk, from Austria, and began
making pe plant hybrids and studies the transmission of heredity?
- answer gregor mendel
Who is infamous for the pea plants? - answer Gregor Mendel
What was the ratio that Gregor Mendel believed in? - answer
9:3:3:1
Mendel selected ______ traits, which all happened to be on
different chromosomes, and he kept detailed notes of at least
__________ plant crosses - answer 7; 29,000
,Alleles - answer Alternate forms of a gene pair that control a
characteristic
Homozygous - answer RR, rr, YY, yy
Heterozygous - answer Rr, Yy
Diploid - answer 2n = 46 chromosomes in humans
Haploid - answer N = 23 chromosomes in humans
Segregation - answer Separation of two alleles
Independent assortment - answer Independent sorting of two
different traits
Haploid is also known as a - answer Gamete
The basic rules of heredity were proposed in a paper by Mendel
called - answer "Experiment in Plant Hybridization"
Genetic crosses between F1 generation produce - answer F2
generation
Pea plant seeds are _______ (dominant/R) or _________ (recessive/r)
- answer Roud; wrinkled
, What are the two alleles of the pea plants? - answer Round (R)
and wrinkled (r)
Round seeds have a - answer Starch branching enzyme which was
lost
T/F: gametes produce at random - answer true
Each F1 parent produces how many gametes? - answer Two (R or
r)
Gametes combine to produce - answer F2
F2 has a __ phenotypic ratio and a _____ genotypic ratio - answer
3:1 and 1:2:1
Inheritance is controlled by - answer Factors
Factors occur in ________, and alleles are ________ pairs of a gene
pair - answer Pairs; alternative
When crossing peas with two traits, the F2 has a _:_:_:_
phenotypic ratio - answer 9:3:3:1
Borgon Questions & answers
Watson and Crick published a paper called - answer "Molecular
Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic
Acid"
The field of molecular biology started with the discovery of -
answer DNA structure
Who felt that students weren't listening when he lectured, and
were instead taking notes - answer watson
Who was born in 1822, became a monk, from Austria, and began
making pe plant hybrids and studies the transmission of heredity?
- answer gregor mendel
Who is infamous for the pea plants? - answer Gregor Mendel
What was the ratio that Gregor Mendel believed in? - answer
9:3:3:1
Mendel selected ______ traits, which all happened to be on
different chromosomes, and he kept detailed notes of at least
__________ plant crosses - answer 7; 29,000
,Alleles - answer Alternate forms of a gene pair that control a
characteristic
Homozygous - answer RR, rr, YY, yy
Heterozygous - answer Rr, Yy
Diploid - answer 2n = 46 chromosomes in humans
Haploid - answer N = 23 chromosomes in humans
Segregation - answer Separation of two alleles
Independent assortment - answer Independent sorting of two
different traits
Haploid is also known as a - answer Gamete
The basic rules of heredity were proposed in a paper by Mendel
called - answer "Experiment in Plant Hybridization"
Genetic crosses between F1 generation produce - answer F2
generation
Pea plant seeds are _______ (dominant/R) or _________ (recessive/r)
- answer Roud; wrinkled
, What are the two alleles of the pea plants? - answer Round (R)
and wrinkled (r)
Round seeds have a - answer Starch branching enzyme which was
lost
T/F: gametes produce at random - answer true
Each F1 parent produces how many gametes? - answer Two (R or
r)
Gametes combine to produce - answer F2
F2 has a __ phenotypic ratio and a _____ genotypic ratio - answer
3:1 and 1:2:1
Inheritance is controlled by - answer Factors
Factors occur in ________, and alleles are ________ pairs of a gene
pair - answer Pairs; alternative
When crossing peas with two traits, the F2 has a _:_:_:_
phenotypic ratio - answer 9:3:3:1
