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Concepts of Genetics, 12 Edition
By Klug, Cummings, Spencer, Palladino.
All Chapters Covered| Latest Edition| Original Copy
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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
C
D) a complete sequence of the human genome
E) all the information available on the human genome project
Answer: C LE
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
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B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtual absence of mutation
Answer: A
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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 correct.
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
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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 correct.
C
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Genetics is the study of
A) heredity and variation
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B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
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D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
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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 gene.
Section: 1.2
10) What is a simple definition of an allele?
Answer: An allele is a variant form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
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11) Until the mid-1940s, many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates for the
genetic material. Why?
Answer: Proteins are the most abundant, universally distributed components in cells. Because
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 behavior 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 and
variation at the molecular, cellular, developmental, organismal, and populational levels.
Section: 1.2
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14) Name the substance that serves as the hereditary material in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
Answer: DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid
Section: 1.2 LE
15) Name two individuals who provided the conceptual basis for our present understanding that
genes are on chromosomes.
Answer: Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri
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Section: 1.2
16) What term is used to describe the fact that different genes in an organism often provide
differences in observable features?
Answer: phenotype
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Section: 1.2
17) A fundamental property of DNA's nitrogenous bases that is necessary for the
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 sequences.
Answer: restriction enzymes
Section: 1.4
19) Name the botanist who, in 1900, rediscovered the work of Gregor Mendel.
Answer: Carl Correns
Section: 1.2
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Test Bank
Concepts of Genetics, 12 Edition
By Klug, Cummings, Spencer, Palladino.
All Chapters Covered| Latest Edition| Original Copy
C
LE
ST
BE
1
, BESTLEC
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
C
D) a complete sequence of the human genome
E) all the information available on the human genome project
Answer: C LE
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
ST
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtual absence of mutation
Answer: A
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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 correct.
Answer: D
Section: 1.3
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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 correct.
C
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
7) Genetics is the study of
A) heredity and variation
.
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B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
ST
D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
BE
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 gene.
Section: 1.2
10) What is a simple definition of an allele?
Answer: An allele is a variant form of a gene.
Section: 1.2
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11) Until the mid-1940s, many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates for the
genetic material. Why?
Answer: Proteins are the most abundant, universally distributed components in cells. Because
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 behavior 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 and
variation at the molecular, cellular, developmental, organismal, and populational levels.
Section: 1.2
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14) Name the substance that serves as the hereditary material in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
Answer: DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid
Section: 1.2 LE
15) Name two individuals who provided the conceptual basis for our present understanding that
genes are on chromosomes.
Answer: Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri
ST
Section: 1.2
16) What term is used to describe the fact that different genes in an organism often provide
differences in observable features?
Answer: phenotype
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Section: 1.2
17) A fundamental property of DNA's nitrogenous bases that is necessary for the
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 sequences.
Answer: restriction enzymes
Section: 1.4
19) Name the botanist who, in 1900, rediscovered the work of Gregor Mendel.
Answer: Carl Correns
Section: 1.2
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