Test bank for Concepts of Genetics by Klug, William S., Cummings, Michael R., Spencer, Charlotte A. (Benjamin Cummings,) 10th Edition all chapters latest version

,Concepts;.of;.Genetics,;.10e;.(Klug/Cummings/Spencer/Palladino
);.Chapter;.1 Introduction;.to;.Genetics

1) What;.is;.the;.name;.of;.the;.company;.or;.institution;.that;.has;.access;.to;.the;.health,;.genealogical,;.
and;.genetic;.information;.of;.approximately;.270,000;.residents;.of;.Iceland?
A) National;.Institutes;.of;.Health
B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
E) American;.Cancer;.Society
;.Answer: B
Section: Introduction

2) A;.biotechnology;.company,;.deCODE,;.is;.in;.the;.process;.of;.creating;.a;.database;.that;.contains
.
A) the;.gene;.sequences;.of;.all;.newborns;.in;.the;.United;.States;.beginning;.in;.2006
B) a;.compilation;.of;.all;.the;.known;.genes;.in;.humans;.throughout;.the;.free;.world
C) health,;.genealogical,;.and;.genetic;.information;.of;.approximately;.270,000;.residents;.of;.Iceland
D) a;.complete;.sequence;.of;.the;.human;.genome
E) all;.the;.information;.available;.on;.the;.human;.genome;.proje
ct;.Answer: C
Section: Introduction

3) Why;.did;.deCODE;.select;.Iceland;.for;.its;.ambitious;.research;.project?
A) a;.relatively;.low;.degree;.of;.genetic;.diversity
B) frequent;.and;.extensive;.mutational;.bursts
C) high;.genetic;.diversity
D) lack;.of;.genealogical;.information
E) virtual;.absence;.of;.mutation
;.Answer: A
Section: Introduction

4) The;.genetic;.material;.DNA;.consists;.of;.basic;.subunits;.called;. .
A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) None;.of;.the;.answers;.listed;.is;.correc
t.;.Answer: D
Section: 1.3

,5) The;.immediate;.product;.of;.transcription;.is;. .
A) a;.phospholipid
B) an;.amino;.acid
C) a;.protein
D) a;.carbohydrate
E) RNA
Answer:
;.E;.
Section: 1.3

6) 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) None;.of;.the;.answers;.listed;.is;.correc
t.;.Answer: C
Section: 1.2

7) Genetics;.is;.the;.study;.of;. .
A) heredity;.and;.variation
B) mutation;.and;.recession
C) transcription;.and;.translation
D) diploid;.and;.haploid
E) replication;.and;.recombination
;.Answer: A
Section: 1.2

8) Early;.in;.the;.twentieth;.century,;.Walter;.Sutton;.and;.Theodore;.Boveri;.noted;.that;.the;.behavior;.
of;.chromosomes;.during;.meiosis;.is;.identical;.to;.the;.behavior;.of;.genes;.during;.gamete;.formation.;
.They;.proposed;.that;.genes;.are;.carried;.on;.chromosomes,;.which;.led;.to;.the;.basis;.of;.the;.
.;.Answer:
Chromosome;.Theory;.of;.Inheritance
Section: 1.2

9) What;.is;.a;.mutation?
Answer:
;.A;.mutation;.is;.an;.inherited;.change;.in;.a;.gen
e.;.Section:1.2

10) What;.is;.a;.simple;.definition;.of;.an;.allele?;.
Answer:
;.An;.allele;.is;.a;.variant;.form;.of;.a;.gene.;.Sect
ion: 1.2

, 11) Until;.the;.mid-
1940s,;.many;.scientists;.considered;.proteins;.to;.be;.the;.likely;.candidates;.for;.the;.genetic;.materi
al.;.Why?
Answer:
Proteins;.are;.the;.most;.abundant,;.universally;.distributed;.components;.in;.cells.;.Becau
se;.of;.their;.great;.structural;.and;.functional;.diversity,;.they;.were;.considered;.likely;.candidates.
Section: 1.2

12) Name;.the;.individual;.who,;.while;.working;.with;.the;.garden;.pea;.in;.the;.mid-
1850s,;.demonstrated;.quantitative;.patterns;.of;.heredity;.and;.developed;.a;.theory;.involving;.the;.b
ehavior;.of;.hereditary;.factors.
Answer:
;.Gregor;.Mendel
;.Section: 1.2


13) What;.does;.the;.term;.genetics;.mean?
Answer:
Genetics;.is;.a;.subdiscipline;.of;.biology;.concerned;.with;.the;.study;.of;.heredity;.a
nd;.variation;.at;.the;.molecular,;.cellular,;.developmental,;.organismal,;.and;.populational;.le
vels.
Section: 1.2

14) Name;.the;.substance;.that;.serves;.as;.the;.hereditary;.material;.in;.eukaryotes;.and;.prokaryot
es.;.Answer: DNA;.or;.deoxyribonucleic;.acid
Section: 1.2

15) Name;.two;.individuals;.who;.provided;.the;.conceptual;.basis;.for;.our;.present;.understanding;.t
hat;.genes;.are;.on;.chromosomes.
Answer:
;.Walter;.Sutton;.and;.Theodore;.Bover
i;.Section: 1.2

16) What;.term;.is;.used;.to;.describe;.the;.fact;.that;.different;.genes;.in;.an;.organism;.often;.prov
ide;.differences;.in;.observable;.features?
Answer:
;.phenotype
;.Section: 1.2


17) A;.fundamental;.property;.of;.DNA's;.nitrogenous;.bases;.that;.is;.necessary;.for;.t
he;.double-stranded;.nature;.of;.its;.structure;.is;. .
Answer:
;.complementarity;
.Section: 1.3


18) Recombinant;.DNA;.technology;.is;.dependent;.on;.a;.particular;.class;.of;.enzymes,;.known;.as
,;.that;.cut;.DNA;.at;.specific;.nucleotide;.sequence
s.;.Answer: restriction;.enzymes
Section: 1.4