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1) Whatj7isj7thej7namej7ofj7thej7companyj7orj7institutionj7thatj7hasj7accessj7toj7thej7health,j7genealogi
cal,j7andj7geneticj7informationj7ofj7approximatelyj7270,000j7residentsj7ofj7Iceland?
A) Nationalj7Institutesj7ofj7Health
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) Americanj7Cancerj7Societ
yj7Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) Aj7biotechnologyj7company,j7deCODE,j7isj7inj7thej7processj7ofj7creatingj7aj7databasej7thatj7contains
.
A) thej7genej7sequencesj7ofj7allj7newbornsj7inj7thej7Unitedj7Statesj7beginningj7inj72006
B) aj7compilationj7ofj7allj7thej7knownj7genesj7inj7humansj7throughoutj7thej7freej7world
C) health,j7genealogical,j7andj7geneticj7informationj7ofj7approximatelyj7270,000j7residentsj7ofj7Iceland
D) aj7completej7sequencej7ofj7thej7humanj7genome
E) allj7thej7informationj7availablej7onj7thej7humanj7genomej7pro
jectj7Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Whyj7didj7deCODEj7selectj7Icelandj7forj7itsj7ambitiousj7researchj7project?
A) aj7relativelyj7lowj7degreej7ofj7geneticj7diversity
B) frequentj7andj7extensivej7mutationalj7bursts
C) highj7geneticj7diversity
D) lackj7ofj7genealogicalj7information
E) virtualj7absencej7ofj7mutatio
nj7Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) Thej7geneticj7materialj7DNAj7consistsj7ofj7basicj7subunitsj7calledj7 .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) Nonej7ofj7thej7answersj7listedj7isj7corre
ct.j7Answer: D
Section: 1.3
1
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A) aj7phospholipid
B) anj7aminoj7acid
C) aj7protein
D) aj7carbohydrate
E) RNA
Answer:
j7Ej7
Section: 1.3
6) Inj7manyj7species,j7therej7arej7twoj7representativesj7ofj7eachj7chromosome.j7Inj7suchj7species,j7t
hej7characteristicj7numberj7ofj7chromosomesj7isj7calledj7thej7
j7number.j7Itj7isj7usuallyj7symbolizedj7asj7 .
A) haploid;j7n
B) haploid;j72n
C) diploid;j72n
D) diploid;j7n
E) Nonej7ofj7thej7answersj7listedj7isj7corre
ct.j7Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Geneticsj7isj7thej7studyj7ofj7 .
A) heredityj7andj7variation
B) mutationj7andj7recession
C) transcriptionj7andj7translation
D) diploidj7andj7haploid
E) replicationj7andj7recombinatio
nj7Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Earlyj7inj7thej7twentiethj7century,j7Walterj7Suttonj7andj7Theodorej7Boverij7notedj7thatj7thej7behav
iorj7ofj7chromosomesj7duringj7meiosisj7isj7identicalj7toj7thej7behaviorj7ofj7genesj7duringj7gametej7for
mation.j7Theyj7proposedj7thatj7genesj7arej7carriedj7onj7chromosomes,j7whichj7ledj7toj7thej7basisj7ofj7t
hej7 .j7Answer:
Chromosomej7Theoryj7ofj7Inheritance
Section: 1.2
9) Whatj7isj7aj7mutation?
Answer:
j7Aj7mutationj7isj7anj7inheritedj7changej7inj7aj7g
ene.j7Section: 1.2
10) Whatj7isj7aj7simplej7definitionj7ofj7anj7allele?
j7Answer:
j7Anj7allelej7isj7aj7variantj7formj7ofj7aj7gene.j7S
ection: 1.2
2
,11) Untilj7thej7mid-
1940s,j7manyj7scientistsj7consideredj7proteinsj7toj7bej7thej7likelyj7candidatesj7forj7thej7geneticj7ma
terial.j7Why?
Answer:
Proteinsj7arej7thej7mostj7abundant,j7universallyj7distributedj7componentsj7inj7cells.j7Bec
ausej7ofj7theirj7greatj7structuralj7andj7functionalj7diversity,j7theyj7werej7consideredj7likelyj7candid
ates.
Section: 1.2
12) Namej7thej7individualj7who,j7whilej7workingj7withj7thej7gardenj7peaj7inj7thej7mid-
1850s,j7demonstratedj7quantitativej7patternsj7ofj7heredityj7andj7developedj7aj7theoryj7involvingj7th
ej7behaviorj7ofj7hereditaryj7factors.
Answer:
j7Gregorj7Mende
lj7Section: 1.2
13) Whatj7doesj7thej7termj7geneticsj7mean?
Answer:
Geneticsj7isj7aj7subdisciplinej7ofj7biologyj7concernedj7withj7thej7studyj7ofj7heredit
yj7andj7variationj7atj7thej7molecular,j7cellular,j7developmental,j7organismal,j7andj7population
alj7levels.
Section: 1.2
14) Namej7thej7substancej7thatj7servesj7asj7thej7hereditaryj7materialj7inj7eukaryotesj7andj7prokar
yotes.j7Answer: DNAj7orj7deoxyribonucleicj7acid
Section: 1.2
15) Namej7twoj7individualsj7whoj7providedj7thej7conceptualj7basisj7forj7ourj7presentj7understandin
gj7thatj7genesj7arej7onj7chromosomes.
Answer:
j7Walterj7Suttonj7andj7Theodorej7Bove
rij7Section: 1.2
16) Whatj7termj7isj7usedj7toj7describej7thej7factj7thatj7differentj7genesj7inj7anj7organismj7oftenj7
providej7differencesj7inj7observablej7features?
Answer:
j7phenotype
j7Section: 1.2
17) Aj7fundamentalj7propertyj7ofj7DNA'sj7nitrogenousj7basesj7thatj7isj7necessaryj7fo
rj7thej7double-strandedj7naturej7ofj7itsj7structurej7isj7 .
Answer:
j7complementarity
j7Section: 1.3
18) Recombinantj7DNAj7technologyj7isj7dependentj7onj7aj7particularj7classj7ofj7enzymes,j7knownj7as
,j7thatj7cutj7DNAj7atj7specificj7nucleotidej7sequenc
es.j7Answer: restrictionj7enzymes
3
, Section: 1.4
19) Namej7thej7botanistj7who,j7inj71900,j7rediscoveredj7thej7workj7ofj7Gregorj7Me
ndel.j7Answer: Carlj7Correns
Section: 1.2
4
o)j7Chapterj71 Introductionj7toj7Genetics
1) Whatj7isj7thej7namej7ofj7thej7companyj7orj7institutionj7thatj7hasj7accessj7toj7thej7health,j7genealogi
cal,j7andj7geneticj7informationj7ofj7approximatelyj7270,000j7residentsj7ofj7Iceland?
A) Nationalj7Institutesj7ofj7Health
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) Americanj7Cancerj7Societ
yj7Answer: B
Section: Introduction
2) Aj7biotechnologyj7company,j7deCODE,j7isj7inj7thej7processj7ofj7creatingj7aj7databasej7thatj7contains
.
A) thej7genej7sequencesj7ofj7allj7newbornsj7inj7thej7Unitedj7Statesj7beginningj7inj72006
B) aj7compilationj7ofj7allj7thej7knownj7genesj7inj7humansj7throughoutj7thej7freej7world
C) health,j7genealogical,j7andj7geneticj7informationj7ofj7approximatelyj7270,000j7residentsj7ofj7Iceland
D) aj7completej7sequencej7ofj7thej7humanj7genome
E) allj7thej7informationj7availablej7onj7thej7humanj7genomej7pro
jectj7Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Whyj7didj7deCODEj7selectj7Icelandj7forj7itsj7ambitiousj7researchj7project?
A) aj7relativelyj7lowj7degreej7ofj7geneticj7diversity
B) frequentj7andj7extensivej7mutationalj7bursts
C) highj7geneticj7diversity
D) lackj7ofj7genealogicalj7information
E) virtualj7absencej7ofj7mutatio
nj7Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) Thej7geneticj7materialj7DNAj7consistsj7ofj7basicj7subunitsj7calledj7 .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) Nonej7ofj7thej7answersj7listedj7isj7corre
ct.j7Answer: D
Section: 1.3
1
,5) Thej7immediatej7productj7ofj7transcriptionj7isj7 .
A) aj7phospholipid
B) anj7aminoj7acid
C) aj7protein
D) aj7carbohydrate
E) RNA
Answer:
j7Ej7
Section: 1.3
6) Inj7manyj7species,j7therej7arej7twoj7representativesj7ofj7eachj7chromosome.j7Inj7suchj7species,j7t
hej7characteristicj7numberj7ofj7chromosomesj7isj7calledj7thej7
j7number.j7Itj7isj7usuallyj7symbolizedj7asj7 .
A) haploid;j7n
B) haploid;j72n
C) diploid;j72n
D) diploid;j7n
E) Nonej7ofj7thej7answersj7listedj7isj7corre
ct.j7Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Geneticsj7isj7thej7studyj7ofj7 .
A) heredityj7andj7variation
B) mutationj7andj7recession
C) transcriptionj7andj7translation
D) diploidj7andj7haploid
E) replicationj7andj7recombinatio
nj7Answer: A
Section: 1.2
8) Earlyj7inj7thej7twentiethj7century,j7Walterj7Suttonj7andj7Theodorej7Boverij7notedj7thatj7thej7behav
iorj7ofj7chromosomesj7duringj7meiosisj7isj7identicalj7toj7thej7behaviorj7ofj7genesj7duringj7gametej7for
mation.j7Theyj7proposedj7thatj7genesj7arej7carriedj7onj7chromosomes,j7whichj7ledj7toj7thej7basisj7ofj7t
hej7 .j7Answer:
Chromosomej7Theoryj7ofj7Inheritance
Section: 1.2
9) Whatj7isj7aj7mutation?
Answer:
j7Aj7mutationj7isj7anj7inheritedj7changej7inj7aj7g
ene.j7Section: 1.2
10) Whatj7isj7aj7simplej7definitionj7ofj7anj7allele?
j7Answer:
j7Anj7allelej7isj7aj7variantj7formj7ofj7aj7gene.j7S
ection: 1.2
2
,11) Untilj7thej7mid-
1940s,j7manyj7scientistsj7consideredj7proteinsj7toj7bej7thej7likelyj7candidatesj7forj7thej7geneticj7ma
terial.j7Why?
Answer:
Proteinsj7arej7thej7mostj7abundant,j7universallyj7distributedj7componentsj7inj7cells.j7Bec
ausej7ofj7theirj7greatj7structuralj7andj7functionalj7diversity,j7theyj7werej7consideredj7likelyj7candid
ates.
Section: 1.2
12) Namej7thej7individualj7who,j7whilej7workingj7withj7thej7gardenj7peaj7inj7thej7mid-
1850s,j7demonstratedj7quantitativej7patternsj7ofj7heredityj7andj7developedj7aj7theoryj7involvingj7th
ej7behaviorj7ofj7hereditaryj7factors.
Answer:
j7Gregorj7Mende
lj7Section: 1.2
13) Whatj7doesj7thej7termj7geneticsj7mean?
Answer:
Geneticsj7isj7aj7subdisciplinej7ofj7biologyj7concernedj7withj7thej7studyj7ofj7heredit
yj7andj7variationj7atj7thej7molecular,j7cellular,j7developmental,j7organismal,j7andj7population
alj7levels.
Section: 1.2
14) Namej7thej7substancej7thatj7servesj7asj7thej7hereditaryj7materialj7inj7eukaryotesj7andj7prokar
yotes.j7Answer: DNAj7orj7deoxyribonucleicj7acid
Section: 1.2
15) Namej7twoj7individualsj7whoj7providedj7thej7conceptualj7basisj7forj7ourj7presentj7understandin
gj7thatj7genesj7arej7onj7chromosomes.
Answer:
j7Walterj7Suttonj7andj7Theodorej7Bove
rij7Section: 1.2
16) Whatj7termj7isj7usedj7toj7describej7thej7factj7thatj7differentj7genesj7inj7anj7organismj7oftenj7
providej7differencesj7inj7observablej7features?
Answer:
j7phenotype
j7Section: 1.2
17) Aj7fundamentalj7propertyj7ofj7DNA'sj7nitrogenousj7basesj7thatj7isj7necessaryj7fo
rj7thej7double-strandedj7naturej7ofj7itsj7structurej7isj7 .
Answer:
j7complementarity
j7Section: 1.3
18) Recombinantj7DNAj7technologyj7isj7dependentj7onj7aj7particularj7classj7ofj7enzymes,j7knownj7as
,j7thatj7cutj7DNAj7atj7specificj7nucleotidej7sequenc
es.j7Answer: restrictionj7enzymes
3
, Section: 1.4
19) Namej7thej7botanistj7who,j7inj71900,j7rediscoveredj7thej7workj7ofj7Gregorj7Me
ndel.j7Answer: Carlj7Correns
Section: 1.2
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