TEST BANK for Concepts of Genetics, 12th
Edition by William Klug, Michael Cummings,
Charlotte Spencer
All Chapters 1-26 Covered| Verified Q&As for Exam
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, Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
1) What is the name of the company or institution that has access to the health, genealogical, and genetic
information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland?
A) National Institutes of Health
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) American Cancer Society Accurate Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) A biotechnology company, deCODE, is in the process of creating a database that contains.
A) the gene sequences of all newborns in the United States beginning in 2006
B) a compilation of all the known genes in humans throughout the free world
C) health, genealogical, and genetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland
D) a complete sequence of the human genome
E) all the information available on the human genome project Accurate Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtual absence of mutation Accurate Answer: A
Section: Introduction
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,4) The genetic material DNA consists of basic subunits called .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) None of the answer listed is coret. Ac urate Answer: D
Section: 1.3
5) The immediate product of transcription is .
A) a phospholipid
B) an amino acid
C) a protein
D) a carbohydrate
E) RNA
Accurate Answer: E Section: 1.3
6) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the characteristic
number of chromosomes is called the number. It is usually symbolized as .
A) haploid; n
B) haploid; 2n
C) diploid; 2n
D) diploid; n
E) None of the answers listed is correct. Accurate Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Genetics is the study of .
A) heredity and variation
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, B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination Accurate Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation. They
proposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis of the . Accurate Answer:
Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
Section: 1.2
9) What is a mutation?
Accurate Answer: A mutation is an inherited change in a gene. Section: 1.2
10) What is a simple definition of an allele? Accurate Answer: An allele is a variant form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
11) Until the mid-1940s, many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates for the genetic
material. Why?
Accurate Answer: Proteins are the most abundant, universally distributed components in cells.
Because of their great structural and functional diversity, they were considered likely candidates.
Section: 1.2
12) Name the individual who, while working with the garden pea in the mid-1850s, demonstrated
quantitative patterns of heredity and developed a theory involving the behavior of hereditary
factors.
Accurate Answer: Gregor Mendel Section: 1.2
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Edition by William Klug, Michael Cummings,
Charlotte Spencer
All Chapters 1-26 Covered| Verified Q&As for Exam
Preparation| A+ PASS
Page | 1
, Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
1) What is the name of the company or institution that has access to the health, genealogical, and genetic
information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland?
A) National Institutes of Health
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) American Cancer Society Accurate Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) A biotechnology company, deCODE, is in the process of creating a database that contains.
A) the gene sequences of all newborns in the United States beginning in 2006
B) a compilation of all the known genes in humans throughout the free world
C) health, genealogical, and genetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of Iceland
D) a complete sequence of the human genome
E) all the information available on the human genome project Accurate Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtual absence of mutation Accurate Answer: A
Section: Introduction
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,4) The genetic material DNA consists of basic subunits called .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) None of the answer listed is coret. Ac urate Answer: D
Section: 1.3
5) The immediate product of transcription is .
A) a phospholipid
B) an amino acid
C) a protein
D) a carbohydrate
E) RNA
Accurate Answer: E Section: 1.3
6) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the characteristic
number of chromosomes is called the number. It is usually symbolized as .
A) haploid; n
B) haploid; 2n
C) diploid; 2n
D) diploid; n
E) None of the answers listed is correct. Accurate Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Genetics is the study of .
A) heredity and variation
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, B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination Accurate Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Early in the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation. They
proposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis of the . Accurate Answer:
Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
Section: 1.2
9) What is a mutation?
Accurate Answer: A mutation is an inherited change in a gene. Section: 1.2
10) What is a simple definition of an allele? Accurate Answer: An allele is a variant form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
11) Until the mid-1940s, many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates for the genetic
material. Why?
Accurate Answer: Proteins are the most abundant, universally distributed components in cells.
Because of their great structural and functional diversity, they were considered likely candidates.
Section: 1.2
12) Name the individual who, while working with the garden pea in the mid-1850s, demonstrated
quantitative patterns of heredity and developed a theory involving the behavior of hereditary
factors.
Accurate Answer: Gregor Mendel Section: 1.2
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