TEST BANK Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections 5th Edition by Benjamin A. Pierce

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Genetics Essentials: Concepts and Connections 5th Edition by
Benjamin A. Pierce




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,TABLEtkOFtkCONTENT

Chaptertk01:tkIntroductiontktotkGenetics ................................................................................................................... 3
Chaptertk02:tkChromosomestkandtkCellulartkReproduction..................................................................................... 15
Chaptertk03:tkBasictkPrinciplestkoftkHeredity.......................................................................................................... 32
Chaptertk04:tkExtensionstkandtkModificationstkoftkBasictkPrinciples ...................................................................... 59
Chaptertk05:tkLinkage,tkRecombination,tkandtkEukaryotictkGenetkMapping .......................................................... 98
Chaptertk06:tkChromosometkVariation ................................................................................................................. 115
Chaptertk07:tkBacterialtkandtkViraltkGenetictkSystems .......................................................................................... 139
Chaptertk08tkDNA:tkThetkChemicaltkNaturetkoftkthetkGene .................................................................................. 152
Chaptertk09:tkDNAtkReplicationtkandtkRecombination ......................................................................................... 181
Chaptertk10:tkFromtkDNAtktotkProteins:tkTranscriptiontkandtkRNAtkProcessing .................................................. 198
Chaptertk11:tkFromtkDNAtktotkProteins:tkTranslation ........................................................................................... 224
Chaptertk12:tkControltkoftkGenetkExpression ........................................................................................................ 244
Chaptertk13:tkGenetkMutations,tkTransposabletkElements,tkandtkDNAtkRepair.................................................... 278
Chaptertk14:tkMoleculartkGenetictkAnalysistkandtkBiotechnology ........................................................................ 298
Chaptertk15:tkGenomicstkandtkProteomics ............................................................................................................ 314
Chaptertk16:tkCancertkGenetics............................................................................................................................. 332
Chaptertk17:tkQuantitativetkGenetics .................................................................................................................... 346
Chaptertk18:tkPopulationtkandtkEvolutionarytkGenetics ........................................................................................ 366




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,Chaptertk01:tkIntroductiontktotkGenetics
1. Albinismtkistkraretkintkmosttkhumantkpopulations,tkoccurringtkattkatkfrequencytkoftkabouttk1tkintk20,000tkpeople.t
kHowever,tkthetktraittkoccurstkattkatkfrequencytkoftk1tkintk200tkintkcertaintkHopitkvillagestkoftkBlacktkMesatkintkAriz
ona.tkExplaintkintktermstkoftknaturaltkselectiontkwhytkalbinismtkistksotkraretkintkmosttkhumantkpopulations.
ANSWER:tkIntkmosttkpopulations,tktheretkistkfairlytkstrongtkselectiontkagainsttkalbinismtkbecausetkalbinostkdon’ttkp
roducetkmelanin,tkcausingtktheirtkskintkcellstknottktotkbetkprotectedtkfromtkthetkdamagingtkeffectstkoftks
unlight.tkAlso,tkthetklacktkoftkmelanintkintktheirtkeyestkcausestkthemtktotkhavetkpoortkeyesight.tkFinally,t
kintkmosttkculturestkalbinostkaretkseentkastkabnormal,tkandtktheytkaretknottknormallytksoughttkouttkfortk
marriagetkandtkmating.tkTherefore,tkintkmosttkpopulationstkthetkallelestkthattkcausetkalbinismtkaretkselec
tedtkagainst,tkandtktheytkdecreasetkintkfrequencytkortkaretkkepttkattkatklowtklevel,tkcausingtkthetkrecessiv
etktraittktotkbetkrare.

2. Albinismtkistkraretkintkmosttkhumantkpopulations,tkoccurringtkattkatkfrequencytkoftkabouttk1tkintk20,000tkpeople.t
kHowever,tkthetktraittkoccurstkattkatkfrequencytkoftk1tkintk200tkintkcertaintkHopitkvillagestkoftkBlacktkMesatkintkAriz
ona.tkExplaintkintktermstkoftknaturaltkselectiontkwhytkthetktraittkistksotkmuchtkmoretkcommontkamongtkthetkHopistk
oftkBlacktkMesa.
ANSWER:tkAlbinostkoccupytkatkprivilegedtkpositiontkamongtkthetkHopistkoftkBlacktkMesa.tkIntkthistkculture,tka
lbinostkaretkviewedtkastkespeciallytkpretty,tkclean,tkandtkintelligent,tkandtktheytkoftentkoccupytkposit
ionstkoftkleadership.tkAlbinostkaretkcelebratedtkintkthetkvillagestkastkatksigntkoftkpuritytkoftkHopitkbl
oodtkintkthetkcommunity.
Furthermore,tkalbinostkaretkoftentkexcusedtkfromtknormaltkmaletkfieldtklabortkbecausetkoftktheirtksensiti
vitytktotksunlight,tkcausingtkthemtktotkbetklefttkbehindtkintkthetkvillagetkwithtkthetkwomentkduringtkthetk
daytime.tkThistkallowstkthemtkextratkmatingtkopportunitiestkcomparedtktotkthetkothertkmentkoftkthetkvil
lage.tkTherefore,tkthetkallelestkthattkcausetkalbinismtkaretkeithertkselectedtkfortkintkthistkculturetkortkattkl
easttknottkselectedtkagainsttkastkstronglytkastkintkothertkcultures,tkallowingtkthetktraittktotkoccurtkattkatk
muchtkhighertkfrequency.

3. Whichtkonetkoftkthetkfollowingtkpairingstkbetweentkthetksubdisciplinetkoftkgeneticstkandtkthetkpheno
menontkistkINCORRECT?
a. evolution—populationtkgenetics
b. genetkregulation—moleculartkgenetics
c. allelictkfrequencytkalteration—populationtkgenetics
d. arrangementtkoftkgenestkontkchromosome—transmissiontkgenetics
e. chemicaltknaturetkoftkthetkgene—transmissiontkgenetics
ANSWER:tke

4. Whichtkonetkoftkthetkfollowingtktopicstkoftkresearchtkbelongstktotkthetkdisciplinetkoftktransmissiontkgenetics?
a. inheritancetkpatterntkoftkgenetkalleles
b. mechanismtkoftkDNAtkreplication
c. genetkexpressiontkpatterns
d. evolution
e. chemicaltkmodificationtkoftknucleictkacids
ANSWER:tka

5. Thetkcompletetkgenetictkmakeuptkoftkantkorganismtkistkreferredtktotkastkits
a. chromosome.

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, b. alleles.
c. locus.




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