Biol 207 Midterm || Possible Questions Accurately Answered.
Genetics correct answers Study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation
Gene correct answers basic unit of heredity, sequence of DNA that codes for a product
Gene location correct answers chromosomes
Allele correct answers one of two or more versions of a gene
Genome correct answers Complete set of genetic material, includes genes and non-coding DNA
Phenotype/traits correct answers Observable characteristic
Heritable trait correct answers trait that is passed genetically
Central dogma correct answers DNA -> RNA -> Protein
Transcription correct answers DNA to RNA
Translation correct answers RNA to protein
model genetic organisms correct answers organisms with characteristics that make them useful
for genetic analysis
Characteristics of model organisms correct answers Short generation time, numerous progeny,
controlled genetic crosses, lab environment, numerous genetic variants
,Pangenesis correct answers Each part of body contains genetic info for that particular part
Lamarckian inheritance correct answers organisms can pass on acquired characteristics
Preformationism correct answers inside egg or sperm is a tiny version of an adult (homunculus)
blending inheritance correct answers Each traits of offspring are a blend of parental traits
Weismann: germ plasm theory correct answers Tested idea of inheritance of acquired
characteristics by cutting off tails of mice
Schleiden and Schwann correct answers developed the cell theory
unified cell theory correct answers Cell is the fundamental unit of structure and function in living
organisms
Abiogenesis correct answers Cells arise spontaneously
Darwin correct answers evolution
Gregor Mendel correct answers discovered the basic principles of heredity
Walther Flemming correct answers chromosomes, mitosis
Theodor Boveri and Walter Sutton correct answers Sperm and eggs contribute same number of
chromosomes, behaviour of chromosomes during cell division
, Thomas Hunt Morgan correct answers studied fruit flies and proposed that genes could be sex-
linked
Genetic material must be able to: correct answers Contain large amounts of complex info,
replicate faithfully, encode phenotype, and have capacity to vary
Johann Friedrich Miescher correct answers first isolated DNA and called it nuclein.
Nuclei contain correct answers Nucleic acids and proteins
Albrecht Kossel correct answers DNA has 4 nitrogenous bases
Phoebus Levene correct answers DNA consists of repeating, invariant nucleotide units (wrong)
Erwin Chargaff correct answers discovered that A=T and G=C
James Watson and Francis Crick correct answers discovered the structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin correct answers Used X-ray diffraction to discover the double-helical structure
of DNA
Resolving 3D structure of DNA using correct answers X-Ray crystallography
Purine bases correct answers Adenine and Guanine
Pyrimidine bases correct answers Cytosine and Thymine
Adenine and thymine pair with correct answers 2 hydrogen bonds
Genetics correct answers Study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation
Gene correct answers basic unit of heredity, sequence of DNA that codes for a product
Gene location correct answers chromosomes
Allele correct answers one of two or more versions of a gene
Genome correct answers Complete set of genetic material, includes genes and non-coding DNA
Phenotype/traits correct answers Observable characteristic
Heritable trait correct answers trait that is passed genetically
Central dogma correct answers DNA -> RNA -> Protein
Transcription correct answers DNA to RNA
Translation correct answers RNA to protein
model genetic organisms correct answers organisms with characteristics that make them useful
for genetic analysis
Characteristics of model organisms correct answers Short generation time, numerous progeny,
controlled genetic crosses, lab environment, numerous genetic variants
,Pangenesis correct answers Each part of body contains genetic info for that particular part
Lamarckian inheritance correct answers organisms can pass on acquired characteristics
Preformationism correct answers inside egg or sperm is a tiny version of an adult (homunculus)
blending inheritance correct answers Each traits of offspring are a blend of parental traits
Weismann: germ plasm theory correct answers Tested idea of inheritance of acquired
characteristics by cutting off tails of mice
Schleiden and Schwann correct answers developed the cell theory
unified cell theory correct answers Cell is the fundamental unit of structure and function in living
organisms
Abiogenesis correct answers Cells arise spontaneously
Darwin correct answers evolution
Gregor Mendel correct answers discovered the basic principles of heredity
Walther Flemming correct answers chromosomes, mitosis
Theodor Boveri and Walter Sutton correct answers Sperm and eggs contribute same number of
chromosomes, behaviour of chromosomes during cell division
, Thomas Hunt Morgan correct answers studied fruit flies and proposed that genes could be sex-
linked
Genetic material must be able to: correct answers Contain large amounts of complex info,
replicate faithfully, encode phenotype, and have capacity to vary
Johann Friedrich Miescher correct answers first isolated DNA and called it nuclein.
Nuclei contain correct answers Nucleic acids and proteins
Albrecht Kossel correct answers DNA has 4 nitrogenous bases
Phoebus Levene correct answers DNA consists of repeating, invariant nucleotide units (wrong)
Erwin Chargaff correct answers discovered that A=T and G=C
James Watson and Francis Crick correct answers discovered the structure of DNA
Rosalind Franklin correct answers Used X-ray diffraction to discover the double-helical structure
of DNA
Resolving 3D structure of DNA using correct answers X-Ray crystallography
Purine bases correct answers Adenine and Guanine
Pyrimidine bases correct answers Cytosine and Thymine
Adenine and thymine pair with correct answers 2 hydrogen bonds
