Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by William S Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer A+

Test Bank for Essentials of Genetics, 10th Edition by
William S Klug, Michael Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer
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Chapter62162Introduction62to62Genetics


1) The62CRISPR-
Cas62system62potentially62represents62one62of62the62most62power62techniques62in6 2 genetics62as62a62
result62of62its62role62in associated62with62specific62human62disorders.
A) identifying62genes
B) editing62genes
C) producing62new62genes
D) regulating62genes
E) transmitting62genes62Answer:62B
6 2 Section:62Introduction

Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding


2) In62the621600s,62William62Harvey62studied62reproduction62and62development.62What62is62the62te
rm6 2 given62to62his62theory62which62states62that62an62organism62develops62from62the62fertilized62egg62by
62a6 2 succession62of62developmental62events62that62lead62to62an62adult?

A) preformation
B) spontaneous62generation
C) cell62theory
D) transduction
E) epigenesis62Answer:62E62Section:621.1
Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding


3) What62is62the62term62given62to62the62theory62which62states62that62the62gamete62contains62a62c
omplete6 2 miniature62adult?
A) preformation


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,B) transduction




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,C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) cell62theory62Answer:62A62Section:621.16 2 Bloom
's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding


4) What62is62the62term62given62to62the62theory62which62put62forth62the62idea62that62living62organisms6
2could6 2 arise62by62incubating62nonliving62components?

A) spontaneous62generation
B) natural62selection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collective62combination62Answer:62A6
2 Section:621.1

Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding




5) Schleiden62and62Schwann62proposed62the62cell62theory62which62states62that626 2 .
A) cells62contain62genetic62information62in62their62nucleus
B) cells62move62from62the62various62parts62of62the62body62to62the62reproductive62organs62to62pr
oduce6 2 offspring
C) cells62are62derived62from62preexisting62cells
D) cells62propagate62via62asexual62reproduction
E) cells62represent62the62basic62units62of62heredity62Answer:6
2C6 2 Section:621.1

Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding


6) Who,62along62with62Alfred62Wallace,62formulated62the62theory62of62natural62selection?
A) Gregor62Mendel
B) William62Harvey
C) Louis62Pasteur
D) Charles62Darwin


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, E) James62Watson62Answer:62D62Section:621.16 2
Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding


7) Which62of62the62following62is62an62example62of62natural62selection?
A) a62bird's62beak62is62able62to62effectively62crack62the62seeds62it62encounters
B) dog62breeding62by62humans
C) depending62on62the62food62a62turtle62eats,62its62shell62may62grow62faster62or62slower
D) sometime62during62human's62life62they62break62a62bone
E) bacteria62can62be62effectively62killed62by62treatment62with62bleach62Answer:62
A6 2 Section:621.1
Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Evaluating/Creating


8) Which62of62the62following62botanists62was62not62involved62with62bringing62Mendel's62work62to62ligh
t6 2 in62the621900s?
A) Carl62Correns
B) Carl62Linnaeus
C) Hugo62de62Vries
D) Erich62Tschermak62Answer:62A
6 2 Section:621.1

Bloom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding


9) Who62was62the62Augustinian62monk62that62conducted62a62decade62of62experiments62on62the62g
arden6 2 pea,62eventually62showing62that62traits62are62passed62from62parents62to62offspring62in62predicta
ble62ways?
A) Francis62Crick
B) Alfred62Wallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) Gregor62Mendel62Answer:62E62Section:621.26 2 B
loom's62Taxonomy:62Remembering/Understanding



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