GENETICS FROM GENES TO GENOMES
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● Human cells contain
Answer: - 23 pairs of chromosome
- 2 meters of DNA
- aprox. 20,000 genes coding for proteins
●● Mammalian cloning
Answer: Dolly
- cows, mice, goats, pigs, cats have been cloned
●● Genetic technologies
Answer: mammalian cloning
- genetic modification
●● Genetic code is
Answer: universal
, ●● Genetics
Answer: study of heredity & variation
●● Gene
Answer: a unit of heredity
●● Gene is
Answer: a segment of DNA that produces a functional product
- like a polypeptide
●● Genes provide
Answer: blueprint that determines the traits of an organism
●● Traits
Answer: observable characteristics of an organism
- behavioral & morphological characteristics
●● Cells are constructed from
Answer: small organic molecules
●● Cells contain large molecules:
Answer: - nucleic acids
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● Human cells contain
Answer: - 23 pairs of chromosome
- 2 meters of DNA
- aprox. 20,000 genes coding for proteins
●● Mammalian cloning
Answer: Dolly
- cows, mice, goats, pigs, cats have been cloned
●● Genetic technologies
Answer: mammalian cloning
- genetic modification
●● Genetic code is
Answer: universal
, ●● Genetics
Answer: study of heredity & variation
●● Gene
Answer: a unit of heredity
●● Gene is
Answer: a segment of DNA that produces a functional product
- like a polypeptide
●● Genes provide
Answer: blueprint that determines the traits of an organism
●● Traits
Answer: observable characteristics of an organism
- behavioral & morphological characteristics
●● Cells are constructed from
Answer: small organic molecules
●● Cells contain large molecules:
Answer: - nucleic acids