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201 final-cheney
quizzes 6-10
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
04/28/2011

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Term
X^EX^e
Definition
A normal woman has a colorblind son. Her most probable genotype is____
Term
calico; black
Definition
A female cat had 9 kittens: 2 orange males, 2 black females, 3 black males, and 2 calico females.

What color was this female cat?
If the entire litter had the same father, what color is he?
Term
eebb; EEBb; EeBb
Definition
A black lab mated with a yellow lab and produced 4 black and 4 brown puppies (E=melinin, e=none; B=black, b=brown)

What is the most probable genotype of the yellow lab?

most probably of black lab?

If the progeny instead were 4 yellow, 2 black, and 2 brown, what would be the most probable genotype of the black lab?
Term
on the X chromsome
Definition
Two normal flies were mated. Progeny were 1/2 normal females, 1/4 normal males, 1/4 white eyed males. The gene for eye color is most likely ____?
Term
pleiotrophic
Definition
When one gene has many different effects on phenotype, the gene is _____
Term
epistatic
Definition
When one gene masks the expression of another gene, the gene is _______.
Term
different chromosomes
Definition
Independent assortment occurs when genes are on _______
Term
56 tall blue, 6 tall white, 53 short white, 9 short blue
Definition
which of the following results of a dihybrid test cross indicates that the genes are linked?

56 tall blue, 60 tall white, 53 short white, 59 short blue
or
56 tall blue, 6 tall white, 53 short white, 9 short blue
Term
height and eye color
Definition
polygenes are responsible for human ______
Term
polygenes and environmental factors
Definition
human skin color is affected by _________
Term
False
Definition
It is impossible for teo phenotypically blue-edyed parents to have a brown eyed child.
Term
Meselson and Stahl
Definition
Which experiments showed that DNA replication was semiconservative?
Term
Griffths
Definition
Which experiments showed that heat killing bacteria did not destpry the genetic information?
Term
30%
Definition
If the percentage of guanine pn a DNA molecule is 20%, what is the percentage of Thymine?
Term
deoxyriboses
Definition
Directionalirt of DNA is determined by the direction of the carbons of the
Term
helicase
Definition
the enzyme needed to unwind DNA in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes is ____
Term
topoisomerase
Definition
the enzyme needed to prevent kinks when unwinding circular DNA is _____
Term
RNA polymerase
Definition
The enzyme _______ forms the primer strand needed in initiation of DNA replication
Term
in both DNA adRNA formation synthesis is %' to 3' on a 3' to 5' template
Definition
Which of the following best describes nucleic acid formation?
Term
lagging
Definition
Okazaki fragments are produced while replicating the ____ strand.
Term
telomeres
Definition
During embryonic stages, _____ are added to the ends of DNA strands. They increase the number of times a particaulr strand can be replicated.,
Term
3'TCA5'
Definition
If the sequence on the template of DNA is 5'AGT3', what is the sequence of the newly synthesized strand?
Term
5'GAU3'
Definition
If the sequence on the sense strand of DNA is 3'CTA5', what is te sequence of mRNA produced?
Term
3'CUA5'
Definition
if the strand is 3'CTA5', what would be the anticodon sequence of tRNA produced?
Term
False
Definition
Some tRNA molecules can bind to more than one kind of amino acid
Term
true
Definition
some amino acids can bind to more than one kind of tRNA
Term
3
Definition
How many bases are needed to code for one amino acid in a protein?
Term
prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Definition
tRNA in _____ must be modified before it can be used
Term
eukaryotes
Definition
mRNA in ____ must be modified before is can be used
Term
prokaryotes
Definition
a single mRNA molecule in _____ can code for more than one polypeptide
Term
eukaryotes
Definition
Introns are found in _______
Term
RNA
Definition
The enzyme that joins amino acids together in protein sysnthesis is a ribosomal _____
Term
True
Definition
In tRNA, there are areas where the RNA is double stranded
Term
mRNA joins the small subunit, initiator tRNA joins, large ribosomal subunit joins
Definition
What is the correct sequence of protein synthesis initiation?
Term
the peptide chain is added to the new amino acid
Definition
what best describes protein elongation?
Term
UGA
Definition
Which of the following is a terminator code? (all are 5-->3)
AUG, UGA, GUA, AGU
Term
release protein
Definition
during termination of protein synthesis a ____ associates with the terminator codon.
Term
DNA, RNA
Definition
retroviruses like the AIDS virus use the enzyme reverse transcriptase to make ____ using ____ as a template
Term
frame shift
Definition
if a DNA sequence was changed for AACTG to AAACTG we could call it a ______ mutation
Term
base substitution
Definition
if a DNA sequence was changed from AACTG to AGCTG we would call it a ______ mutation
Term
true
Definition
there are some DNA mutations that do not change the sequence of amino acids in the coded protein
Term
promoter
Definition
the ___ is the site on the chromosome to which RNA polymerase binds for transcription
Term
operator
Definition
the _____ is the site on the chromosome to which a repressor protein binds
Term
activate
Definition
in bacterial negative transcriptonal control of the genes coding for enzymes to make an amino acid, the amino acid would usually ______ the repressor protein
Term
inactivate
Definition
in bacterial negative transcriptional control of the genes coding for enzymes to break down a sugar, the presence of the sugar would usually ____ the repressor protein
Term
prokaryotic
Definition
operons are common features of ____ cells
Term
eukaryotic
Definition
enhancers and upstream promotor elements modulate transcriptonal control in ____ cells
Term
AAGCTT
Definition
which of the following is /are a typical sequece recognized by restriction enzymes that leave sticky ends?
ATGGTA
or AAGCTT
Term
bacteria
Definition
Restriction enzymes are typically isolated from _____
Term
DNA endonucleases
Definition
Restriciton enzymes are _____
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