In 2005, professional basketball player Eddy Curry was traded by the Chicago Bulls to the New York Knicks for refusing to submit to a DNA test associated with a cardiac condition. If this had occurred after 2008, the ____ may have protected him from losing his position with the Bulls
a. National Organ Transplant Act
b. HapMap Project
c. Human Microbiome Project
d. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
e. Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications program
d
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Salmonella typhimurium can change flagellar proteins to evade immune response by host systems. What is this process called?
A. lysogeny B. bacterial transduction C. phase variation D. transposition E. cointegration
Researchers are interested in the genomes of prokaryotic species for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. bacteria cause many diseases that affect people, plants, and animals. B. bacteria reveal modes of infection. C. bacteria are more complex than humans. D. the origin of the first eukaryotic cell probably involved a union between an archaeal and a bacterial cell. E. All of the choices are reasons for studying genomes of prokaryotic species.
A male has a genetic disease coded for on his Y chromosome. This disease has been seen in his family in past generations. Which parent passed on this trait?
A) the mom B) the dad C) either the mom or dad D) neither parent — it is a spontaneous mutation
As with all human herpes virus infections, an important characteristic of HSV-2 infection is
A) complete immunity once the infection has been successfully eradicated by the body. B) an ongoing a latent infection in peripheral nerves which can reactivate periodically. C) progressively worsening outbreaks each time the virus comes out of latency. D) resistance to all anti-viral medications. E) that it is highly dangerous even to immune-competent adults.