Question 1

What is the term given to the theory that put forth the idea that living organisms could arise by incubating nonliving components?

Accepted Answer

A)  spontaneous generation 
B)  natural selection 
C)  evolution 
D)  preformation 
E)  collective combination

Question 2

Genetics is the study of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inheritance and variation 
B)  mutation and recession 
C)  transcription and translation 
D)  diploid and haploid 
E)  replication and recombination

Question 3

In many species,there are two representatives of each chromosome.In such species,the characteristic number of chromosomes is called the ________ number.It is usually symbolized as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  haploid; n 
B)  haploid; 2n 
C)  diploid; 2n 
D)  diploid; n 
E)  None of the answers listed are correct.

Question 4

Name the substance that serves as the hereditary material in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

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Question 5

Until the mid-1940s,many scientists considered proteins to be the likely candidates for the genetic material.Why?

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Question 6

Given that DNA is the genetic material in prokaryotes and eukaryotes,what other general structures (macromolecules)and substances made by the cell are associated with the expression of that genetic material?

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Question 7

The human genome sequence was reported in 2003 by two groups,the publicly funded ________ and ________.

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Question 8

List the two relatively complex processes in which genetic information is converted into functional products.

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Question 9

Name two individuals who provided the conceptual basis for our present understanding that genes are on chromosomes.

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Question 10

A number of genomes have been sequenced in recent years: Escherichia coli,Saccharomyces cerevisiae,Caenorhabditis elegans,Drosophila melanogaster,and Mus musculus.What are the common names for these organisms?

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Question 11

What is a simple definition of an allele?

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Question 12

Name the bases in DNA and their pairing specificities.

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Question 13

In the 1600s,William Harvey studied reproduction and development.What is the term given to the theory which states that an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a succession of developmental events that lead to an adult?

Accepted Answer

A)  preformation 
B)  sequential pattern formation 
C)  equational transformation 
D)  transduction 
E)  epigenesis

Question 14

Distinguish the functions of DNA and RNA in a eukaryote.

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Question 15

Arabidopsis is a model organism for the study of ________.

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Question 16

Reference is often made to adapter molecules when describing protein synthesis in that they allow amino acids to associate with nucleic acids.To what class of molecules does this term refer?

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Question 17

What term is used to describe the fact that different genes in an organism often provide differences in observable features?

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Question 18

What is meant by complementarity in terms of the structure of DNA?

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Question 19

Name one of the botanists who,in 1900,rediscovered the work of Gregor Mendel.

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Question 20

Complementarity in a genetic sense refers to the polymerization of nucleotides in DNA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Introduction to Genetics