Question 1

Groups of related, but distinctly different genes that appear to have arisen from a single ancestral gene are referred to as

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A)  segmental duplications.
B)  pseudogenes.
C)  tandem clusters.
D)  multigene families.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 2

A human gene is composed of numerous fragments of protein-encoding information known as _______.

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A)  DNA
B)  mRNA
C)  exons
D)  intronsE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 3

A defining characteristic of draft sequences is that they have

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A)  many gaps in regions of highly repetitive DNA.
B)  less than 1 error in 10,000 nucleotides.
C)  been found in various proteomes across the eukaryote life forms.
D)  been produced by alternative splicing.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Identical copies of genes that can be transcribed simultaneously are called

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A)  segmental duplications.
B)  pseudogenes.
C)  tandem clusters.
D)  multigene families.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

To avoid confusion and facilitate ease of data interpretation, researchers working on cloned DNA from the same species use

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A)  restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
B)  shotgun sequencing.
C)  sequenced-tagged sites.
D)  clone by clone sequencing.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Rice and its grain relatives, maize, barley, and wheat, diverged from a common ancestor 50 million years ago.However, the chromosomes of these plants demonstrate extensive conserved arrangements of segments.This phenomenon is called

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A)  linkage disequilibrium.
B)  single nucleotide polymorphisms.
C)  contig.
D)  synteny.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Microarrays are created by robotically placing DNA on to a microscope slide and probing with

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A)  RNA from the tissue of interest.
B)  another DNA from the tissue of interest.
C)  SNPs from the tissue of interest.
D)  STSs from the tissue of interest.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Mobile bits of DNA that can jump from one location on a chromosome to another location are called

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A)  simple sequence repeats.
B)  transposons.
C)  exons.
D)  introns.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

A large portion (45%)  of the human genome is composed of

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A)  introns.
B)  exons.
C)  templates.
D)  transposons.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

You have been asked to construct a physical map of the baboon genome.What would be helpful in this task?

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A)  chromosome maps and STSs
B)  BLAST and ENCODE data
C)  gene linkage data
D)  microarrays and SAGEE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

The sequencing method that cuts DNA segments into fragments, arranges those fragments based on overlapping nucleotide sequences, and then clones these fragments is called

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A)  shotgun sequencing.
B)  clone-by-clone sequencing.
C)  RFLP sequencing.
D)  consensus sequencing.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

A transgene is best described as

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A)  hard to destroy once inserted into a genome.
B)  hard to study because of its transposons.
C)  created by several of the DNA motifs.
D)  an inserted foreign gene.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

The ends of chromosomes are called ________.

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A)  telomeres
B)  centromeres
C)  caps
D)  DNA terminiE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 14

A pharmaceutical company is developing a new drug to treat a rare disease.They need to determine which of the cell's proteins can bind the drug.What tool can help them survey the proteome for drug interactions?

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A)  ENCODE
B)  protein microarray
C)  using a monoclonal antibody
D)  SAGEE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

As a scientist working for an anti-bioterrorism task force, you are asked to evaluate some biological samples for the presence of Yersinia pestis, the organism that causes the plague.After confirming that the samples do contain Y.pestis, you instruct your team to begin sequencing the strain.Since the genome sequence of Y.pestis is already known, why would sequencing this strain be useful?

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A)  To provide better data for the genome database
B)  To establish the course of infection, and determine whether the strain is altered by causing infection
C)  To help determine the source of the strain, and learn whether it has been genetically engineered
D)  To create a vaccine for this particular strainE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Conserved arrangements of segments of DNA in related genomes are referred to as

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A)  synteny.
B)  homology.
C)  analogous DNA.
D)  a contig.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

You are studying a novel protein.To learn more about it, you performed a screen in yeast to identify proteins that could interact with it.From the screen you got a clone for a second gene.You had the clone sequenced, and you translated the gene sequence on your computer.What is the next logical step to learn more about the function of these two proteins?

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A)  Run a BLAST search.
B)  Identify the intron/exon organization.
C)  Localize the gene to a specific chromosomal region.
D)  Search the human genome sequence for your clone.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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To avoid confusion and facilitate ease of data interpretation, researchers working on cloned DNA from the same species use

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You have been asked to construct a physical map of the baboon genome.What would be helpful in this task?

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A defining characteristic of draft sequences is that they have

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Rice and its grain relatives, maize, barley, and wheat, diverged from a common ancestor 50 million years ago.However, the chromosomes of these plants demonstrate extensive conserved arrangements of segments.This phenomenon is called

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The sequencing method that cuts DNA segments into fragments, arranges those fragments based on overlapping nucleotide sequences, and then clones these fragments is called

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Mobile bits of DNA that can jump from one location on a chromosome to another location are called

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The ends of chromosomes are called ________.

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Groups of related, but distinctly different genes that appear to have arisen from a single ancestral gene are referred to as

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Microarrays are created by robotically placing DNA on to a microscope slide and probing with

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A human gene is composed of numerous fragments of protein-encoding information known as _______.

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Conserved arrangements of segments of DNA in related genomes are referred to as

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Identical copies of genes that can be transcribed simultaneously are called

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A transgene is best described as

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To avoid confusion and facilitate ease of data interpretation, researchers working on cloned DNA from the same species use

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You have been asked to construct a physical map of the baboon genome.What would be helpful in this task?

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Rice and its grain relatives, maize, barley, and wheat, diverged from a common ancestor 50 million years ago.However, the chromosomes of these plants demonstrate extensive conserved arrangements of segments.This phenomenon is called

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The sequencing method that cuts DNA segments into fragments, arranges those fragments based on overlapping nucleotide sequences, and then clones these fragments is called

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Mobile bits of DNA that can jump from one location on a chromosome to another location are called

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