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TestBankForGeneticsAConceptualApproach,7thEdition
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Chapter 1 l9 Introduction to Genetics l9 l9




1) What is the name of the companyor institution that has access to the health, genealogical,
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and genetic information of approximately270,000 residents of Iceland?
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A) National Institutesof Health l9 l9 l9




B) deCODE
C) Gattaca
D) Biogen
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SocietyAnswer:
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2) Abiotechnologycompany, deCODE, isin the process of creating adatabasethat contains
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A) the genesequences of all newborns in theUnited States beginningin 2006
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B) a compilation ofall theknown genes in humans throughout thefree world
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C) health,genealogical,and geneticinformation of approximately270,000 residentsof Iceland
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D) acomplete sequence of thehuman genome
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E) all the information available on the human genome
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projectAnswer:
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3) WhydiddeCODE select Iceland forits ambitious research project?
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A) a relativelylow degree of genetic diversity
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B) frequent and extensivemutational bursts l9 l9 l9 l9




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D) lackof genealogical information
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mutationAnswer: A
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4) The geneticmaterial DNAconsists ofbasicsubunits called
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A) mitochondria
B) lysosomes
C) centrioles
D) nucleotides
E) None of the answers listed is
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correct.Answer:
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5) Theimmediateproduct of transcriptionis
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C) aprotein
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6) In manyspecies, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the
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characteristic number of chromosomes is called the
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symbolizedas
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8) Earlyin the twentieth century, Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri noted that the behavior of
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chromosomes during meiosis is identical to the behavior of genes during gamete formation.
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Theyproposed that genes are carried on chromosomes, which led to the basis of the
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Answer: Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
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Section: 1.2

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gene.Section:
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10) What is a simple definition of an allele? l9 l9 l9 l9 l9 l9 l9




Answer: An allele is a variant form of a
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gene.Section:
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