Exam 1: Overview of Genetics

The class of macromolecules that are primarily responsible for catabolic and anabolic activities in a cell are

DNA stores the information needed for the synthesis of cellular ________.

Which of the following is correct regarding natural selection?

Which of the following uses a genetic cross to determine patterns of inheritance?

In many organisms, one set of chromosomes comes from the maternal parent, while the other set comes from the paternal parent. Similar chromosomes in these sets are said to be ________.

Alternate versions of a specific gene are called ________.

The differences in inherited traits among individuals in a population are called ________.

If a geneticist is studying the prevalence of a trait in a species, they are at the ________ level of study.

If a carbohydrate is going to be broken down for energy, which of the following molecules would be directly involved in the breakdown?

A characteristic that an organism displays is called ________.

Sexual reproduction decreases the genetic variation of a species.

A species that contains two copies of each chromosome is called ________.

Change in a population over time is called biological evolution.

In humans, gametes are different than other cells of the body in that they are ________.