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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 01 The Genetics Revolution
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Chapter b5 02 b5 Single Gene Inheritance
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Chapter b5 03 b5 Independent Assortment of Genes
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Chapter b5 04 b5 Mapping Eukaryote Chromosomes by Recombination
b5 b5 b5 b5 43
Chapter b5 05 b5 Gene Interaction
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Chapter b5 06 b5 The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses
b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 84
Chapter b5 07 b5 DNA Structure and Replication
b5 b5 b5 104
Chapter b5 08 b5 RNA Transcription Processing and Decay
b5 b5 b5 b5 117
Chapter b5 09 b5 Proteins and Their Synthesis
b5 b5 b5 130
Chapter b5 10 b5 Gene Isolation and Manipulation
b5 b5 b5 141
Chapter b5 11 b5 Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria and Their Viruses
b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 160
Chapter b5 12 b5 Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
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Chapter b5 13 b5 The Genetic Control of Development
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Chapter b5 14 b5 Genomes and Genomics b5 b5 192
Chapter b5 15 b5 DNA Damage Repair and Recombination
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Chapter b5 16
b5 The Dynamic Genome Transposable Elements
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Chapter b5 17 b5 Large Scale Chromosomal Changes
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Chapter b5 18 b5 Population Genetics b5 243
Chapter b5 19 b5 The Inheritance of Complex Traits
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Chapter b5 20 b5 Evolution of Genes and Traits
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, Test Bank - Introduction to Genetic Analysis, 12th Edition (Griffiths, 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
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Theodore Boveri hypothesizing that chromosomes are the hereditary
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elements
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e. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANSWER: e b 5 b 5
2. A sample of normal double-stranded DNA was found to have a guanine content of 18%.
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b5What is the expected proportion of adenine?
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a. 9%
b. 32%
c. 36%
d. 68%
e. 82%
ANSWER: b b 5 b 5
3. In one strand of DNA, the nucleotide sequence is 5'-ATGC-3'. The complementary
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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 b 5 b 5
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 b 5 b 5
5. Which of the following is/are TRUE about genes?
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a. Genes are located on chromosomes.
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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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ANSWER: d b 5 b 5
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6. Wild cats (Felis silvestris) and common mice (Mus musculus) are diploid. In wild
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b5conclude that wild-cat cells haveb5 b5 b5 b5
a. less DNA than common-mouse cells.
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b. smaller genomes 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 b 5 b 5
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 b 5 b 5
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. b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5
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 b 5 b 5
9. Which of the following is a CORRECT representation of the central dogma?
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a. RNA → DNA → protein b5 b5 b5 b5
b. protein → DNA → RNA b5 b5 b5 b5
c. DNA → RNA → protein b5 b5 b5 b5
d. DNA → protein → DNA b5 b5 b5 b5
e. None of the answer options is correct.
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ANSWER: c b 5 b 5
10. You have come across a dog (named Cindy) that does not have a tail. Interestingly,
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all the puppies produced by this dog don't have a tail. If the lack of tail is caused by
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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 b 5 b 5
11. Which of the following features makes a species suitable as a model organism?
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b5
Introduction to Genetic Analysis
b5 b5 b5
Anthony J.F. Griffiths, John Doebley, Catherine Peichel, and David A.
b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5
Wassarman
b5
12th Edition
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,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 The Genetics Revolution
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Chapter b5 02 b5 Single Gene Inheritance
b5 b5 6
Chapter b5 03 b5 Independent Assortment of Genes
b5 b5 b5 26
Chapter b5 04 b5 Mapping Eukaryote Chromosomes by Recombination
b5 b5 b5 b5 43
Chapter b5 05 b5 Gene Interaction
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Chapter b5 06 b5 The Genetics of Bacteria and Their Viruses
b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 84
Chapter b5 07 b5 DNA Structure and Replication
b5 b5 b5 104
Chapter b5 08 b5 RNA Transcription Processing and Decay
b5 b5 b5 b5 117
Chapter b5 09 b5 Proteins and Their Synthesis
b5 b5 b5 130
Chapter b5 10 b5 Gene Isolation and Manipulation
b5 b5 b5 141
Chapter b5 11 b5 Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria and Their Viruses
b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 160
Chapter b5 12 b5 Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 175
Chapter b5 13 b5 The Genetic Control of Development
b5 b5 b5 b5 184
Chapter b5 14 b5 Genomes and Genomics b5 b5 192
Chapter b5 15 b5 DNA Damage Repair and Recombination
b5 b5 b5 b5 197
Chapter b5 16
b5 The Dynamic Genome Transposable Elements
b5 b5 b5 b5 216
Chapter b5 17 b5 Large Scale Chromosomal Changes
b5 b5 b5 225
Chapter b5 18 b5 Population Genetics b5 243
Chapter b5 19 b5 The Inheritance of Complex Traits
b5 b5 b5 b5 258
Chapter b5 20 b5 Evolution of Genes and Traits
b5 b5 b5 b5 270
, Test Bank - Introduction to Genetic Analysis, 12th Edition (Griffiths, 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
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Theodore Boveri hypothesizing that chromosomes are the hereditary
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elements
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e. All of the answer options are correct.
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ANSWER: e b 5 b 5
2. A sample of normal double-stranded DNA was found to have a guanine content of 18%.
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b5What is the expected proportion of adenine?
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a. 9%
b. 32%
c. 36%
d. 68%
e. 82%
ANSWER: b b 5 b 5
3. In one strand of DNA, the nucleotide sequence is 5'-ATGC-3'. The complementary
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b5sequence 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 b 5 b 5
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 b 5 b 5
5. Which of the following is/are TRUE about genes?
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a. Genes are located on chromosomes.
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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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ANSWER: d b 5 b 5
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6. Wild cats (Felis silvestris) and common mice (Mus musculus) are diploid. In wild
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b 5cats, 2n = 38, while in common mice, 2n = 40. Based on this information, we can
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b5conclude that wild-cat cells haveb5 b5 b5 b5
a. less DNA than common-mouse cells.
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b. smaller genomes 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 b 5 b 5
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 b 5 b 5
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. b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5 b5
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 b 5 b 5
9. Which of the following is a CORRECT representation of the central dogma?
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a. RNA → DNA → protein b5 b5 b5 b5
b. protein → DNA → RNA b5 b5 b5 b5
c. DNA → RNA → protein b5 b5 b5 b5
d. DNA → protein → DNA b5 b5 b5 b5
e. None of the answer options is correct.
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ANSWER: c b 5 b 5
10. You have come across a dog (named Cindy) that does not have a tail. Interestingly,
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all the puppies produced by this dog don't have a tail. If the lack of tail is caused by
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b5a genetic 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 b 5 b 5
11. Which of the following features makes a species suitable as a model organism?
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