BIOL-2011EL Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Thymine, Lysosome, Walter Sutton
25 Jun 2018
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Essentials of Genetics, 8e (Klug)
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
D) a complete sequence of the human genome
E) all the information available on the human genome project
Answer: C
Section: Introduction
3) Why did deCODE select Iceland for its ambitious research project?
A) a relatively low degree of genetic diversity
B) frequent and extensive mutational bursts
C) high genetic diversity
D) lack of genealogical information
E) virtual absence of mutation
Answer: A
Section: Introduction
4) Many species have 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.
Answer: C
Section: 1.2
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5) Genetics is the study of ________.
A) heredity and variation
B) mutation and recession
C) transcription and translation
D) diploid and haploid
E) replication and recombination
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
6) 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
7) 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
8) Genetics is commonly grouped into several general areas: transmission, molecular, and
population/evolution. Which biological processes are studied in transmission genetics?
Answer: Mendelian inheritance (segregation and independent assortment), modification of
Mendelian patterns.
Section: Introduction
9) Which theory postulates that an organism is derived from materials originally present in the
egg that eventually differentiate into adult structures during development?
Answer: epigenesis
Section: 1.1
10) What is meant by the term gene?
Answer: a unit of inheritance
Section: 1.1
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Document Summary
Section: introduction: a biotechnology company, decode, is in the process of creating a database that contains. ________: the gene sequences of all newborns in the united states beginning in 2006, a compilation of all the known genes in humans throughout the free world, health, genealogical, and genetic information of approximately 270,000 residents of. Iceland: a complete sequence of the human genome, all the information available on the human genome project. Section: introduction: why did decode select iceland for its ambitious research project, a relatively low degree of genetic diversity, frequent and extensive mutational bursts, high genetic diversity, lack of genealogical information, virtual absence of mutation. Section: introduction: many species have two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the characteristic number of chromosomes is called the ________ number. It is usually symbolized as ________: haploid; n, haploid; 2n, diploid; 2n, diploid; n, none of the answers listed is correct.
