Chapter 13
Biology: How Life Works · 8 exercises
Problem 1
Describe the shotgun method for determining the complete genome sequence of an organism.
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Problem 3
Explain the purpose of genome annotation.
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Problem 4
Describe how the comparison of genomic DNA to messenger RNA can identify the exons and introns in a gene.
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Problem 5
Explain how comparing the sequences of two genomes can help to infer evolutionary relationships.
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Problem 6
What are some reasons why, in multicellular eukaryotes, genome size is not necessarily related to number of protein-coding genes or organismal complexity?
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Problem 7
Compare and contrast the mechanisms by which bacterial cells and eukaryotic cells package their DNA.
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Problem 9
Define "homologous chromosomes" and describe a technique that you could use to show their similarity.
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Problem 10
Describe the steps necessary to synthesize mRNA from each of the following: double-stranded DNA, singlestranded ( + ) DNA, single-stranded ( - ) DNA, singlestranded \((+) \mathrm{RNA}\), and single-stranded \((-) \mathrm{RNA}\).
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