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Alteration of Genetic Composition - Practice Problems



Matching
 
 
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a.
helicase
g.
Okazaki fragment
b.
single strand binding protein
h.
RNA primer
c.
DNA polymerase
i.
primase
d.
leading strand
j.
replication fork
e.
lagging strand
k.
3' end of parental strand
f.
DNA ligase
l.
5' end
 

 1. 

___________
 

 2. 

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 3. 

___________
 

 4. 

___________
 

 5. 

___________
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

Fill in the Punnett square and determine the F2 phenotype ratio!
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a.
9:3:3:1
c.
9:3:1:1
b.
9:3:3:3
d.
9:1:3:1
 

 7. 

Purines are ____ molecules.
a.
single ring
c.
double ring
b.
none of the above
d.
built form a base + sugar chain
 

 8. 

Fragments of bacterial DNA exist that may be integrated into the bacterium's chromosome, but only at specific locations.
a.
Such specificity is characteristic of plasmids.
b.
Because of the condition that results from the described behavior, the fragment is called an aneuploid Unit.
c.
The position of the recognition unit on the fragment results in inversion of the fragment when incorporated in the chromosome.
d.
Such a fragment, called a pilus, is used in bacterial conjugation.
 

 9. 

Short nucleotide sequences are sometimes repeated several million times in genomes of eukaryotic organisms.
a.
Their frequency and their locations on the chromosome increases the probability that they will be involved in reciprocal exchange.
b.
Because all such segments share the same sequence, they are called shared sequence DNA.
c.
The sequences are believed to have been acquired from viral DNA since they do not code for eukaryotic traits.
d.
Such sequences are called satellite DNA.
 

 10. 

Chargaff's Rules _______.
a.
describe the base pairing rules
b.
have no importance in genetics
c.
describe the behavior of bacteriophages
d.
describe the basics of the DNA strands
 

 11. 

When bacteria is used as a gene carrier, the gene to be inserted is hooked on to the _____.
a.
viral DNA
b.
bacterial DNA
c.
none of the above
d.
outside carrier
 

 12. 

Distances between markers are measured in _____.
a.
centimorgans
c.
centimeters
b.
millimeters
d.
none of the above
 

 13. 

Gene expression is unaffected by _____.
a.
inversion
b.
reading frame shift
c.
mutation
d.
translocation
 



 
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