Genetic testing (select all correct choices):
A. will identify every allele of every gene you
carry.
B. will tell you whether or not you will contract
breast cancer or Type II diabetes.
C. will identify some alleles of some of your
genes.
D. will identify every risk factor you have for
the most common types of cancer as well as
for cardiovascular disease.
E. none of these.
C
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The DNA of a bacterial cell must be compacted about _______ fold to fit within the confines of the cell
A. 10 B. 100 C. 150 D. 1000 E. 1,000,000
Which of the following characteristics do SNPs have?
A) variable numbers of tandem repeats, highly uniform in the population B) small noteworthy transcribed regions, lethal genes C) various nucleotides transcribed repeatedly, homogeneous D) variable amino acid substitutions, highly heterogeneous E) variable base sequences, variable in the population
If a population of 2000 individuals has 120 aa genotypes, what would the genotype frequency of aa be?
a. 0.006 b. 0.06 c. 0.6
d. 1.6 e. 16
Many polychaetes are euryhaline meaning that they
a. Can tolerate a wide range of salinity b. Must live in marine conditions c. Possess both male and female reproductive organs d. Always live in tubes e. Lack any circulatory system