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An excellent example of the genetic phenomenon known as continuous variation would be: -
Answer Height in humans
A likely example of an aneuploid human cell would be one that has _______ chromosomes. -
Answer 47
Which of the following properties are NOT true in the context of the presently accepted model
for DNA structure: - Answer The two strands of the molecule are described as running parallel
to each other, with the duplex have a 3' end and a 5' end.
Proteins that are destined for secretion are targeted to the rough ER by: - Answer A sequence
of amino acids at the N-terminus of the polypeptide.
The gene for the repressor of the lac operon is expressed is expressed in a ___________
fashion. - Answer Constitutive
The presently accepted model for the structure of plasma membrane is the : - Answer Fluid
mosaic model
A macrophage (white blood cell) recognizes a bacterial cell in your blood stream as an invader
and engulfs it as the first step in its destruction. The process by which it carries this out is called:
- Answer Phagocytosis
A good example of an electrogenic pump found in certain biological membranes is a: - Answer
Proton pump
A gated ion channel and/or its action would be a good example of: - Answer Passive transport
What is the function of cholesterol in the plasma membrane? - Answer It reduces membrane
fluidity at warm temperature.
It helps the plasma membrane resist solidification at lower temperatures.
, A polymeric macromolecule found in cells is found to have two strands, each made up of
phosphate-containing monomers commonly abbreviated at A, G, C, and T. This molecule
is almost certainly: - Answer DNA
Which of the following is NOT an example of an accepted taxonomic domain? - Answer
Protista
The level of biological organization that includes all of the living things in a particular area,
along with all of the nonliving components of the environment with which life interacts is
called a/an: - Answer Ecosystem
An experiment which demonstrated that heat, lightning and other conditions theorized to
have existed at the time of the "early earth" could produce simple organic compounds such
as fatty acids and amino acids was done by: - Answer Miller and Urey
The term which best describes " the manipulation of organisms or their components or their
components to make useful products is: - Answer Biotechnology
If mendel had crossed a plant with red flowers with a plant that produced white fowers and had
obtained pink flowers, assuming he was not color blind, he would hve discovered: - Answer
Incomplete dominance
Aneuploid cells are almost always created as a result of : - Answer Nondisjunctions
Alternate versions of a gene(genetic variations) are termed: - Answer Alleles
Which of the following is NOT true with respect to DNA polymerase III of E. coli ? - Answer It
carries out the process of nick translation during replication.
The persons commonly recognized to have been the first to suggest that genes dictate
phenotypes through enzymes tht catalyze specific reactions in a cells metabolism ( based on
human genetic disorder) was/were: - Answer Archibald Garrod