Biol 1001 Final LSUE Fontenot UPDATED
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Mature human nerve cells and muscle cells - CORRECT ANSWER - are permanently in a
state of nondivision.
A karyotype is most like - CORRECT ANSWER - photographs of every couple at a high
school prom.
a pair of sex chromosomes found in a male is most like - CORRECT ANSWER - a bride
and groom
the process by which the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell divides to produce two cells is called -
CORRECT ANSWER - cytokinesis
which of the following statements regarding down syndrome is false - CORRECT
ANSWER - trisomy 21 causes down syndrome
which of the following statements regarding prokaryotes is false - CORRECT ANSWER -
prokaryotic chromosomes are more complex than those of eukaryotes
independent orientation of chromosomes at metaphase 1 results in an increase in the number of -
CORRECT ANSWER - possible combinations of characteristics
cancer is not usually inherited because - CORRECT ANSWER - the chromosomal
changes in cancer are usually confined to somatic cells
which of the following shows the greatest promise as a cancer chemotherapy agent - CORRECT
ANSWER - a drug that prevents mitotic spindle from forming.
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A benign tumor differs from a malignant tumor in that a benign tumor - CORRECT
ANSWER - does not metastasize.
Which of the following statements regarding mitosis and meiosis is false? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Mitosis produces daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the
parent cell.
During which stage of meiosis does crossing over occur? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Prophase I.
Sister chromatids are - CORRECT ANSWER - joined together at a centromere.
Which of the following options correctly describes the behavior of a tetrad during anaphase I of
meiosis - CORRECT ANSWER - It splits into two pairs of sister chromatids, and one pair
goes to each pole of the dividing cells.
The genetic material is duplicated during - CORRECT ANSWER - S phase.
Which of the following kinds of data could be used to map the relative position of three genes on
a chromosome? - CORRECT ANSWER - the frequencies with which the corresponding
traits occur together in offspring.
Using a six sided die, what is the probability of rolling either a 5 or a 6? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1/6 +1/6 =1/3
the expression of both alleles for a trait in a heterozygous individual illustrates - CORRECT
ANSWER - codominance
A testcross is - CORRECT ANSWER - a mating between an individual of unknown
genotype and an individual heterozygous recessive for the trait of interest