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Introduction to Genetic Analysis
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Anthony J.F. Griffiths, John Doebley, Catherine Peichel, and David A.
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Wassarman
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12th Edition
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,Table of Contents
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Chapter ss 01 ss The Genetics Revolution
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Chapter ss 02 ss Single Gene Inheritance
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Chapter ss 03 ss Independent Assortment of Genes ss ss ss 26
Chapter ss 04 ss Mapping Eukaryote Chromosomes by Recombination
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Chapter ss 05 ss Gene Interaction
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Chapter ss 06 ss The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses
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Chapter ss 07 ss DNA Structure and Replication
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Chapter ss 08 ss RNA Transcription Processing and Decay
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Chapter ss 09 ss Proteins and Their Synthesis
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Chapter 10 Gene Isolation and Manipulation
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Chapter ss 11 ss Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria and Their Viruses
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Chapter ss 12 ss Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
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Chapter ss 13 ss The Genetic Control of Development
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Chapter ss 14 ss Genomes and Genomics ss ss 192
Chapter ss 15 ss DNA Damage Repair and Recombination
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Chapter ss 16 ss The Dynamic Genome Transposable Elements
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Chapter ss 17 ss Large Scale Chromosomal Changes
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Chapter 18 Population Genetics
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Chapter 19 The Inheritance of Complex Traits
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Chapter 20 Evolution of Genes and Traits
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Chapter 01: The Genetics Revolution
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1. The early 1900s was an important period for genetics due to which of the following major events?
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a. the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's scientific findings
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b. Watson and Crick solving the structure of DNA
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c. Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri hypothesizing that chromosomes are the hereditary elements
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d. the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's scientific findings and Walter Sutton and Theodore
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e. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANSWER: e s s s s
2. A sample of normal double-stranded DNA was found to have a guanine content of 18%.
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a. 9%
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ANSWER: b s s s s
3. In one strand of DNA, the nucleotide sequence is 5'-ATGC-3'. The complementary
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a. 3'-ATGC-5'.
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e. 5'-TACG-3'.
ANSWER: b s s s s
4. How many different DNA molecules that are eight-nucleotide-pairs long are theoretically possible?
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a. 24
b. 32
c. 64
d. 256
e. 65,536
ANSWER: e s s s s
5. Which of the following is/are TRUE about genes?
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b. Genes come in variants known as alleles.
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c. Genes usually encode protein products.
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d. All of the answer options are correct.
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e. None of the answer options is correct.
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6. Wild cats (Felis silvestris) and common mice (Mus musculus) are diploid. In wild cats,
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a. less DNA than common-mouse cells.
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c. fewer DNA molecules than common-mouse cells.
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d. fewer genes than common-mouse cells.
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e. fewer sets of chromosomes than common-mouse cells.
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ANSWER: c s s s s
7. Which of the following is a component of DNA?
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a. alanine
b. arginine
c. cysteine
d. guanine
e. tyrosine
ANSWER: d s s s s
8. Which of the following is/are TRUE of the DNA structure solved by Watson and Crick?
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a. It is a double-helical structure.
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c. There are two hydrogen bonds between A and T and three hydrogen bonds between C and G.
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d. There are four types of nitrogenous bases.
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e. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANSWER: e s s s s
9. Which of the following is a CORRECT representation of the central dogma?
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a. RNA → DNA → protein ss ss ss ss
b. protein → DNA → RNA ss ss ss ss
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d. DNA → protein → DNA ss ss ss ss
e. None of the answer options is correct.
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ANSWER: c s s s s
10. You have come across a dog (named Cindy) that does not have a tail. Interestingly, all
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c. in the cells that should normally have given rise to Cindy's and her puppies' tails
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d. in all of Cindy's cells (including her gametes)
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e. in a gamete of one of Cindy's parents
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ANSWER: a s s s s
11. Which of the following features makes a species suitable as a model organism?
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ss
Introduction to Genetic Analysis
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Anthony J.F. Griffiths, John Doebley, Catherine Peichel, and David A.
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Wassarman
ss
12th Edition
ss
,Table of Contents
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Chapter ss 01 ss The Genetics Revolution
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Chapter ss 02 ss Single Gene Inheritance
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Chapter ss 03 ss Independent Assortment of Genes ss ss ss 26
Chapter ss 04 ss Mapping Eukaryote Chromosomes by Recombination
ss ss ss ss 43
Chapter ss 05 ss Gene Interaction
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Chapter ss 06 ss The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses
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Chapter ss 07 ss DNA Structure and Replication
ss ss ss 104
Chapter ss 08 ss RNA Transcription Processing and Decay
ss ss ss ss 117
Chapter ss 09 ss Proteins and Their Synthesis
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Chapter 10 Gene Isolation and Manipulation
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Chapter ss 11 ss Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria and Their Viruses
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Chapter ss 12 ss Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
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Chapter ss 13 ss The Genetic Control of Development
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Chapter ss 14 ss Genomes and Genomics ss ss 192
Chapter ss 15 ss DNA Damage Repair and Recombination
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Chapter ss 16 ss The Dynamic Genome Transposable Elements
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Chapter ss 17 ss Large Scale Chromosomal Changes
ss ss ss 225
Chapter 18 Population Genetics
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Chapter 19 The Inheritance of Complex Traits
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Chapter 20 Evolution of Genes and Traits
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, Test s s Bank s s - s s Introduction s s to s s Genetic s s Analysis, s s 12th s s Edition s s (Griffiths, s s 2021)
Chapter 01: The Genetics Revolution
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1. The early 1900s was an important period for genetics due to which of the following major events?
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a. the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's scientific findings
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b. Watson and Crick solving the structure of DNA
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c. Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri hypothesizing that chromosomes are the hereditary elements
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d. the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's scientific findings and Walter Sutton and Theodore
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Boveri hypothesizing that chromosomes are the hereditary elements
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e. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANSWER: e s s s s
2. A sample of normal double-stranded DNA was found to have a guanine content of 18%.
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ssWhat is the expected proportion of adenine?
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a. 9%
b. 32%
c. 36%
d. 68%
e. 82%
ANSWER: b s s s s
3. In one strand of DNA, the nucleotide sequence is 5'-ATGC-3'. The complementary
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sssequence in the other strand must be
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a. 3'-ATGC-5'.
b. 3'-TACG-5'.
c. 5'-ATCG-3'.
d. 5'-CGTA-3'.
e. 5'-TACG-3'.
ANSWER: b s s s s
4. How many different DNA molecules that are eight-nucleotide-pairs long are theoretically possible?
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a. 24
b. 32
c. 64
d. 256
e. 65,536
ANSWER: e s s s s
5. Which of the following is/are TRUE about genes?
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a. Genes are located on chromosomes.ss ss ss ss
b. Genes come in variants known as alleles.
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c. Genes usually encode protein products.
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d. All of the answer options are correct.
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e. None of the answer options is correct.
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ANSWER: d s s s s
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6. Wild cats (Felis silvestris) and common mice (Mus musculus) are diploid. In wild cats,
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2n = 38, while in common mice, 2n = 40. Based on this information, we can conclude
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ssthat wild-cat cells have
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a. less DNA than common-mouse cells.
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b. smaller genomes than common-mouse cells. ss ss ss ss
c. fewer DNA molecules than common-mouse cells.
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d. fewer genes than common-mouse cells.
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e. fewer sets of chromosomes than common-mouse cells.
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ANSWER: c s s s s
7. Which of the following is a component of DNA?
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a. alanine
b. arginine
c. cysteine
d. guanine
e. tyrosine
ANSWER: d s s s s
8. Which of the following is/are TRUE of the DNA structure solved by Watson and Crick?
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a. It is a double-helical structure.
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b. Sugar–phosphate backbone is always toward the outside of the DNA. ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss
c. There are two hydrogen bonds between A and T and three hydrogen bonds between C and G.
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d. There are four types of nitrogenous bases.
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e. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANSWER: e s s s s
9. Which of the following is a CORRECT representation of the central dogma?
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a. RNA → DNA → protein ss ss ss ss
b. protein → DNA → RNA ss ss ss ss
c. DNA → RNA → protein ss ss ss ss
d. DNA → protein → DNA ss ss ss ss
e. None of the answer options is correct.
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ANSWER: c s s s s
10. You have come across a dog (named Cindy) that does not have a tail. Interestingly, all
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the puppies produced by this dog don't have a tail. If the lack of tail is caused by a
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ssgenetic mutation, where has this mutation most likely taken place?
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a. in Cindy's gametes
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b. in the cells that should normally have given rise to Cindy's tail
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c. in the cells that should normally have given rise to Cindy's and her puppies' tails
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d. in all of Cindy's cells (including her gametes)
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e. in a gamete of one of Cindy's parents
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ANSWER: a s s s s
11. Which of the following features makes a species suitable as a model organism?
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