Introduction to Genetics: Study and Science of Heredity
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What is the definition of genetics?

  • The study of cell division and DNA replication
  • The study of heredity and inherited characteristics (correct)
  • The study of biological information storage and usage
  • The study of disease genetics and its limitations

What do geneticists examine?

  • The size of the genetic component of a disease
  • Mendel's experiments and their relation to genetics
  • Biological information usage in organisms (correct)
  • The structure of genetic material

What do course competencies include?

  • Description of genetic material structure and processes (correct)
  • Appreciation of the development and future potential of genetics
  • Understanding the size of genetic diseases
  • Mendel's experiments and their relation to genetics

What did biochemists isolate in the early 1900s?

<p>Hundreds of different chemicals from living cells (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some basic genetic concepts that learners should be able to define by the end of the course?

<p>Gene, polymorphism, and haplotype (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of geneticists in understanding hereditary traits?

<p>Investigating how biological information is passed on to progeny (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Griffith's Transformation Experiment demonstrate about genetic material?

<p>DNA, rather than proteins, is the genetic material (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was responsible for transforming the R-strain cells into S-type cells in Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment?

<p>Nucleic acids from S-type cells (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Hershey and Chase's experiment determine about the genetic blueprint for the T2 bacteriophage virus?

<p>Only DNA contained the genetic blueprint (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Griffith's experiment consist of?

<p>Mixing heat-treated S-type cells with R-type bacteria (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty separate the S-type cells into to identify the transforming molecule?

<p>Proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, and nucleic acids (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Hershey and Chase grow in the presence of radioactive isotopes to study genetic information transmission?

<p>T2 bacteriophage virus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened when cellular extracts of S-type cells were treated with DNase in Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment?

<p>The transformation ability was lost (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bacterium was used by Hershey and Chase in their study of genetic information transmission?

<p>Escherichia coli (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Griffith notice when he mixed "heat-treated" S-strain cells with R-type bacteria?

<p>&quot;Heat-treated&quot; S-strain cells recovered (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the purines in a nucleotide sequence of DNA?

<p>Adenine (A) and Guanine (G) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of exons in the DNA molecule?

<p>Contain the actual genetic information coding for protein (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a codon represent in the DNA or RNA molecule?

<p>A sequence of three bases that codes for a single amino acid (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was known about Chargaff's Rules related to DNA before Watson and Crick determined the structure of DNA?

<p>Relative amount of each nucleotide present in almost any extract of DNA (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the composition of nucleotides in DNA?

<p>Base (purine or pyrimidine), deoxyribose sugar, and a phosphate group (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What holds together the two complementary DNA strands in the double helix?

<p>Hydrogen bonds between the base pairs A–T and G–C (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the essential observation made by Chargaff about the abundance of nucleotides in a DNA molecule?

<p>The abundance of A was equal to the abundance of T, and G was equal to C. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Watson and Crick deduce from their metal models of individual nucleotides and Chargaff's Rules?

<p>The DNA bases extend from the backbone towards the center of the helix. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of a gene in the DNA molecule?

<p>It is responsible for the regulatory sequences that control the expression of a particular trait. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What constitutes a genome in an individual?

<p>It is the complete set of hereditary information possessed by an individual. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does heterochromatin primarily consist of?

<p>Chromatin that is condensed because it is not being transcribed. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of bonds help to hold the two strands of DNA together in a double helix?

<p>Hydrogen bonds (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can A and T form with each other within the structure of DNA?

<p>$H_2$ bonds (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are major and minor grooves in a DNA double helix created by?

<p>Offsetting of the two strands (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are genes primarily composed of?

<p>DNA double helix complexed with proteins (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do regulatory sequences associated with genes control?

<p>The expression of a particular trait (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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