Test Bank for Concepts of Genetics, 12th Edition, William S. Klug,
ISBN-10: 0134839706, ISBN-13: 9780134839707
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, MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) What term is applied to a variety of projects whereby genome sequences are deposited in databases 1)
for research purposes?
A) proteomics
B) bioinformatics
C) cloning
D) genetics
E) genomics
Answer: E
2) Once a protein is made, its biochemical or structural properties play a role in producing . 2)
A) DNA
B) genotype
C) mutant
D) phenotype
E) chromosome
Answer: D
3) The various characteristics of organisms that result from their genetic makeup are collectively 3)
referred to as an organism's .
A) genotype
B) genome
C) phenotype
D) alleles
E) proteome
Answer: C
4) A is an organism produced by biotechnology that involves the transfer of hereditary traits 4)
across species.
A) mutant
B) frankenfood
C) transgenic organism
D) clone
E) vector
Answer: C
5) What is a homunculus? 5)
A) a large cyst or growth on a plant due to viral infection
B) a sperm or egg containing a miniature adult, perfect in size and proportion
C) the intermediate stage of the DNA after CRISPR-Cas treatment
D) during development sometimes a growing individual's cell can become mutated and one part
of the child has different characteristics than the other
E) when the mitochondrion grows in size before splitting into two via fission
Answer: B
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ISBN-10: 0134839706, ISBN-13: 9780134839707
1
, MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) What term is applied to a variety of projects whereby genome sequences are deposited in databases 1)
for research purposes?
A) proteomics
B) bioinformatics
C) cloning
D) genetics
E) genomics
Answer: E
2) Once a protein is made, its biochemical or structural properties play a role in producing . 2)
A) DNA
B) genotype
C) mutant
D) phenotype
E) chromosome
Answer: D
3) The various characteristics of organisms that result from their genetic makeup are collectively 3)
referred to as an organism's .
A) genotype
B) genome
C) phenotype
D) alleles
E) proteome
Answer: C
4) A is an organism produced by biotechnology that involves the transfer of hereditary traits 4)
across species.
A) mutant
B) frankenfood
C) transgenic organism
D) clone
E) vector
Answer: C
5) What is a homunculus? 5)
A) a large cyst or growth on a plant due to viral infection
B) a sperm or egg containing a miniature adult, perfect in size and proportion
C) the intermediate stage of the DNA after CRISPR-Cas treatment
D) during development sometimes a growing individual's cell can become mutated and one part
of the child has different characteristics than the other
E) when the mitochondrion grows in size before splitting into two via fission
Answer: B
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