Summarize the usefulness of the online catalog of human genetic traits developed and maintained by researchers at Johns Hopkins University
What will be an ideal response?
The online catalog makes available information about any of more than 10,000 inherited traits. Each trait can be accessed by using its unique number. Additional links can access information about genes, chromosome locations, DNA sequences, and protein sequences.
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Two strains of S. cerevisae (yeast) are crossed. One has the genotype ABC and the other abc. Five sets of the resultant tetrads are noted below. In which set did a gene conversion event occur?
A) abc, aBc, AbC, aBC B) abc, abc, ABC, ABC C) aBc, aBc, AbC, AbC D) abC, abc, ABc, ABC E) Abc, Abc, aBC, aBC
After his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin produced a monograph based on what animal?
a. Galapagos Tortoises b. Barnacles c. Mussels d. Finches
Which molecule provides the energy for the assembly of new nucleotides into a DNA strand during DNA replication?
a. ATP b. the nucleotide itself c. NADH d. primers e. DNA ligase
Please choose the answer that best fills in the blanks of this sentence in the correct order. A ________ infectious disease, such as a urinary tract infection, is not transmitted from person to person, whereas an infectious disease which is transmitted from one person to another, such as influenza, is referred to as a ________ infectious disease.
A) Communicable; noncommunicable B) Noncommunicable; communicable C) Communicable; contagious