for Concepts of
Genetics
12th edition
By William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A.
Spencer, Michael A. Palladino, Darrell Killian
,Table of Contents
Part One–Genes, Chromosomes, and Heredity
1 Introduction to Genetics
2 Mitosis and Meiosis
3 Mendelian Genetics
4 Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
5 Chromosome Mapping in Eukaryotes
6 Genetic Analysis and Mapping in Bacteria and Bacteriophages
7 Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes
8 Chromosome Mutations: Variation in Number and Arrangement
9 Extranuclear Inheritance
Part Two–DNA: Structure, Replication, and Organization
10 DNA Structure and Analysis
11 DNA Replication and Recombination
12 DNA Organization in Chromosomes
Part Three–Gene Expression and Its Regulation
13 The Genetic Code and Transcription
14 Translation and Proteins
15 Gene Mutation, DNA Repair, and Transposition
16 Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteria
17 Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes
18 Post-transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes
19 Epigenetic Regulation in Eukaryotes
Part Four–Genomics
20 Recombinant DNA Technology
21 Genomic Analysis
22 Applications of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Part Five–Genetics of Organisms and Populations
23 Developmental Genetics
24 Cancer Genetics
25 Quantitative Genetics and Multifactorial Traits
26 Population and Evolutionary Genetics
, Chapter 1 Introduction to Genetics
1) In the 1600s, William Harvey studied reproduction and development. What is the term given
to the theory that states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of
developmental events that lead to an adult?
A) preformation
B) sequential pattern formation
C) equational transformation
D) transduction
E) epigenesis
Answer: E
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2) What is the term given to the theory that states that the fertilized egg contains a complete
miniature adult?
A) preformation
B) transduction
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) cell theory
Answer: A
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3) What is the term given to the theory that put forth the idea that living organisms could arise by
incubating nonliving components?
A) spontaneous generation
B) natural selection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collective combination
Answer: A
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4) What is a homunculus?
A) a large cyst or growth on a plant due to viral infection
B) a sperm or egg containing a miniature adult, perfect in size and proportion
C) the intermediate stage of the DNA after CRISPR-Cas treatment
D) when the mitochondrion grows in size before splitting into two via fission
E) during development sometimes a growing individual's cell can become mutated and one part
of the child has different characteristics than the other
Answer: B
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, 5) Who, along with Alfred Wallace, formulated the theory of natural selection?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) William Harvey
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Charles Darwin
E) James Watson
Answer: D
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6) Who was the Augustinian monk that conducted a decade of experiments on the garden pea,
eventually showing that traits are passed from parents to offspring in predictable ways?
A) Francis Crick
B) Alfred Wallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregor Mendel
Answer: E
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7) In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
characteristic number of chromosomes is called the ________ number. It is usually symbolized
as ________.
A) haploid; n
B) haploid; 2n
C) diploid; 2n
D) diploid; n
E) monoploid; n
Answer: C
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8) Genetics is the study of ________.
A) inheritance and variation
B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination
Answer: A
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