Chapter 16

Biology the Easy Way (E-Z Biology) · 15 exercises

Problem 1

If two organisms that exhibit contrasting traits are crossed, the trait that shows up in the \(\mathrm{F}_1\) generation is called (a) condominant (c) recessive (b) dominant (d) allelic

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Problem 3

The specimen used by Mendel in his work was the (a) fruit fly (c) firefly (b) snapdragon (d) garden pea

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Problem 4

A \(3: 1\) ratio is characteristic of an (a) \(\mathrm{F}_1\) cross (c) \(\mathrm{F}_3 \operatorname{cross}\) (b) \(\mathrm{F}_2\) cross (d) \(\mathrm{F}_4\) cross

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Problem 6

Drosophila melanogaster is a (a) fruit fly (c) bread mold (b) gene (d) cross over

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Problem 7

Red cattle crossed with white cattle produce a red and white hybrid. This type of inheritance is known as (a) mutation (c) recessive (b) codominance (d) transformation

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Problem 7

Two or more genes that have the same positions on homologous chromosomes are said to be ..7..

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Problem 8

A loss of a piece of chromosome is known as a (a) translocation (c) deletion (b) transfiguration (d) duplication

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Problem 9

The complete name for DNA is ..9..

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Problem 11

DNA that has been changed by adding a gene from another species is known as ..11.. DNA.

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Problem 12

Organisms arising from the same parent cell and bearing identical genes are called ..12..

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Problem 16

The shortened name of the virus of AIDS is ..16..

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Problem 18

A virus that passes its genetic code from RNA to DNA is a reyerse yirus.

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Problem 19

The process in which a virus makes more of itself is known as .. 19.

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Problem 25

The "building blocks" of polypeptides are (a) thymine and uracil (c) amino acids (b) mRNA (d) deactivated protein

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Problem 25

The cellular organelle that exerts master control over the synthesis of polypeptides is the. \(.25\)..

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