Bio 203 Final Exam Complete Questions & Answers!!

What is the reason that closely linked genes are typically inherited together? - ANSWER the likelihood of a crossover event between these two genes is low All female mammals have one active X chromosome per cell instead of two. What causes this? - ANSWER activation of the XIST gene on the X chromosome that will become the Barr body In his transformation experiments, what did Griffith observe? - ANSWER Mixing a heat-killed pathogenic strain of bacteria with a living nonpathogenic strain can convert some of the living cells into the pathogenic form In trying to determine whether DNA or protein is the genetic material of phage using radioisotopes, Hershey and Chase made use of which of the following facts? - ANSWER DNA contains phosphorus, whereas protein does not Why is the new DNA strand complementary to the 3' to 5' strands assembled in short segments? - ANSWER DNA polymerase can assemble DNA only in the 5' to 3' direction Cytosine makes up 42% of the nucleotides in a sample of DNA from an organism. Approximately what percentage of the nucleotides in this sample will be thymine? - ANSWER 8% DNA replication is said to be semiconservative. Wh