Hox genes determine an animal’s – During DNA replication

10 Jun Hox genes determine an animal’s – During DNA replication

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Question 10 (5 points)
Hox genes determine an animal’s

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eye color.

size.

body plan.

skin color.

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During DNA replication, a DNA strand that has the bases GGTCTA produces a strand with the bases

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TCGAAC.

AGCTTG.

GAUCCA.

CCAGAT.

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One reason farmers might choose non-GM crops over GM crops is because non-GM crops are

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more productive.

less safe.

less expensive.

more controversial.

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In Figure 12-5, what nucleotide is going to be added at point 2, opposite from guanine?

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guanine

cytosine

adenine

thymine

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What happened when Griffith injected mice with the harmless, R-strain bacteria alone?

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The bacteria died.

The mouse died.

The mouse lived.

The bacteria transformed.

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If a pea plant has a recessive allele for yellow peas, it will produce

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both green peas and yellow peas if it also has a dominant allele for yellow peas.

green peas if it also has a dominant allele for yellow peas.

green peas if it does not also have a dominant allele for yellow peas.

yellow peas if it does not also have a dominant allele for green peas.

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A gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that have been transformed by a plasmid from those that have not is called

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an antibiotic.

a clone.

a genetic marker.

a resistance gene.

SaveQuestion 17 (5 points)
The Human Genome Project is an attempt to

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identify all restriction enzymes.

cure infectious human diseases.

sequence the DNA of every human gene.

sequence every person’s DNA.

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What is the role of restriction enzymes in studying the human genome?

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labeling different nucleotides with different colors of dyes

cutting large DNA molecules into smaller pieces

copying pieces of DNA

separating different pieces of DNA based on their size

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What stores information in a cell?

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proteins

DNA

lipids

carbohydrates

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Which of the following findings, if true, would support an argument IN FAVOR of GM foods?

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The cost of using GM crops is prohibitively expensive for 75 percent of all farmers.

The populations of bees on farms growing insect-resistant crops are half as large as bee populations on other farms.

Farmers using herbicide-resistant crops pollute groundwater more than farmers growing non-GM crops.

Farmers who grow GM crops have much higher yields that farmers growing unmodified crops.