What term describes the set of symptoms associated with a medical issue?
a. genetic abnormality
b. genetic disorder
c. syndrome
d. disease
e. carrier
ANSWER: c
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What is the purpose of the cyanogen bromide (CNBr) in the manufacture of insulin and somatostatin by recombinant bacteria?
A. Allows for the uptake of the plasmid B. Enhances the activity of the restriction enzymes C. Creates sticky ends for integration into the plasmid D. Cleaves the protein from the b-galactosidase protein
Which of the following statements about DNA is (are) true?
A) DNA contains thymine but not uracil. B) DNA molecules contain deoxyribose. C) In a double-stranded DNA molecule, adenine on one strand will be connected to thymine on the complementary strand by two hydrogen bonds. D) All of the above statements are true.
A crucial step in the regulation of most bacterial genes occurs
A) at transcription initiation. B) during RNA splicing. C) during nuclear export of mRNA. D) when nonsense suppressors translate mRNAs.
When a species consisting of a single large population slowly evolves over many generations into a new species, this an example of
A. synapomorphy. B. horizontal gene transfer. C. cladogenesis. D. anagenesis. E. monospeciation.