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Chaptern1nIntroductionntonGenetics
1) ThenCRISPR-
Casnsystemnpotentiallynrepresentsnonenofnthenmostnpowerntechniquesninngeneticsnasnanresultnofnitsnrol
enin associatednwithnspecificnhumanndisorders.
A) identifyingngenes
B) editingngenes
C) producingnnewngenes
D) regulatingngenes
E) transmittingngenesnAnswer:nB
Section:nIntroduction
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
2)
Innthen1600s,nWilliamnHarveynstudiednreproductionnandndevelopment.nWhatnisnthentermngiv
enntonhisntheorynwhichnstatesnthatnannorganismndevelopsnfromnthenfertilizedneggnbynansuccessionnofnd
evelopmentalneventsnthatnleadntonannadult?
A) preformation
B) spontaneousngeneration
C) cellntheory
D) transduction
E) epigenesisnAnswer:nEnSection:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
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3)
Whatnisnthentermngivenntonthentheorynwhichnstatesnthatnthengametencontainsnancompletenminia
turenadult?
A) preformation
B) transduction
C) transformation
D) conjugation
E) cellntheorynAnswer:nAnSection:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
4)
Whatnisnthentermngivenntonthentheorynwhichnputnforthnthenideanthatnlivingnorganismsncouldnari
senbynincubatingnnonlivingncomponents?
A) spontaneousngeneration
B) naturalnselection
C) evolution
D) preformation
E) collectivencombinationnAnswer:nA
Section:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
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5) SchleidennandnSchwannnproposednthencellntheorynwhichnstatesnthat .
A) cellsncontainngeneticninformationninntheirnnucleus
B)
cellsnmovenfromnthenvariousnpartsnofnthenbodyntonthenreproductivenorgansntonproducenoffspri
ng
C) cellsnarenderivednfromnpreexistingncells
D) cellsnpropagatenvianasexualnreproduction
E) cellsnrepresentnthenbasicnunitsnofnhereditynAnswer:nC
Section:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
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6) Who,nalongnwithnAlfrednWallace,nformulatednthentheorynofnnaturalnselection?
A) GregornMendel
B) WilliamnHarvey
C) LouisnPasteur
D) CharlesnDarwin
E) JamesnWatsonnAnswer:nDnSection:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
7) Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnannexamplenofnnaturalnselection?
A) anbird'snbeaknisnablentoneffectivelyncracknthenseedsnitnencounters
B) dognbreedingnbynhumans
C) dependingnonnthenfoodnanturtleneats,nitsnshellnmayngrownfasternornslower
D) sometimenduringnhuman'snlifentheynbreaknanbone
E) bacteriancannbeneffectivelynkillednbyntreatmentnwithnbleachnAnswer:nA
Section:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nEvaluating/Creating
8)
WhichnofnthenfollowingnbotanistsnwasnnotninvolvednwithnbringingnMendel'snworkntonlightninn
then1900s?
A) CarlnCorrens
B) CarlnLinnaeus
C) HugondenVries
D) ErichnTschermaknAnswer:nA
Section:n1.1
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
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9)
WhonwasnthenAugustiniannmonknthatnconductednandecadenofnexperimentsnonnthengardennpea,
n eventuallynshowingnthatntraitsnarenpassednfromnparentsntonoffspringninnpredictablenways?
A) FrancisnCrick
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B) AlfrednWallace
C) Hippocrates
D) Aristotle
E) GregornMendelnAnswer:nEnSection:n1.2
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
10)
Innmanynspecies,ntherenarentwonrepresentativesnofneachnchromosome.nInnsuchnspecies,nthench
aracteristicnnumbernofnchromosomesnisncallednthe number.nItnisnusuallynsymbolizednas .
A) haploid;nn
B) haploid;n2n
C) diploid;n2n
D) diploid;nn
E) polyploid;nnnAnswer:nCnSection:n1.2
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
11) Geneticsnisndefinednasnthenbranchnofnbiologynassociatednwith .
A) hereditynandnvariation
B) mutationnandnrecession
C) transcriptionnandntranslation
D) diploidnandnhaploid
E) replicationnandnrecombinationnAnswer:nA
Section:n1.2
Bloom'snTaxonomy:nRemembering/Understanding
12)
Earlyninnthentwentiethncentury,nWalternSuttonnandnTheodornBoverinnotednthatnthenbehaviorno
fnchromosomesnduringnmeiosisnisnidenticalntonthenbehaviornofngenesnduringngametenformation.nThey
n proposednthatngenesnarencarriednonnchromosomes,nwhichnledntonthenbasis .
A) ofnthengerm-plasmntheory
B) ofnthenchromosomentheorynofninheritance
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