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Genetics History and Basics

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What is the primary focus of the branch of biology known as genetics?

The study of the biological traits of individual organisms

The study of the inheritance of biological traits and variation (correct)

The study of the structure and function of cells

The study of the evolutionary relationships between populations and species

What is the term for biological traits controlled by a single gene?

Hereditary traits

Monogenic traits (correct)

Polygenic traits

Inherited traits

What is the process of determining the order of the four chemical building blocks of DNA known as?

Genetic sequencing (correct)

DNA analysis

Genomics

Genetic engineering

What is the term for the study of the structure, function, and evolution of genomes?

Genomics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the genetic material that contains the genes that control biological traits?

DNA Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the evolutionary relationships between populations and species based on?

Analysis of DNA from different populations and species Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of genes in large numbers of individual organisms?

Population genetics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of change in the genetic variation of a population over time?

Microevolution Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of understanding evolutionary relationships between populations and species in?

Biological conservation, agriculture, medicine, and forensics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of the process of natural selection and human-mediated evolutionary processes?

Evolutionary theory Signup and view all the answers