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The changing environment hypothesis states that-
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Sexual reproduction increases the fitness of the organism through genetic diversity
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Asexual reproduction is better than sexual reproduction
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Asexual reproduction needs a sperm and an egg
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Sexual reproduction is important because we like it
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In all mammalian cells, signal transduction occurs when-
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A growing number of proteins or enzymes become activated in the cytoplasm
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More ligands are exported by the cell through protein synthesis
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Many different genes are expressed in another cell type
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The cell becomes larger and divides, but commits apoptosis
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The creation specialized cells from progenitor cells is called-
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induced pluripotency
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multipotency
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differentiation
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transdifferentitation
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________________is a process that allows cells like the immune cells to engulf large materials from the extracellular environment.
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Exocytosis
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Phagocytosis
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Autocrine
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Pinocytosis
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In our class discussion, mistakes in meiosis could result in trisomy 21 resulting in Down's syndrome. Which neurological disorder that causes amyloid plaques in the brain is somewhat related to Down Syndrome?
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Parkinson's disease
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Alzheimer's disease
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Huntington's disease
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Stroke
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A molecule (peptide or hormone) that binds to a cell surface protein of a cells such as liver, kidney, brain, or immune cell is called a -
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Receptor
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Phospholipid
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Nucleic acid
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Ligand
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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) means-
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The stem cells could differentiate into any cell types of the three germ layers
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The stem cells cannot become a specialized cell
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The stem cells could become a tumor
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The stem cells were artificially created from embryonic cells
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An enzyme is a protein that functions to __________ of a reaction without changing Gibb's free energy (ΔG).
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Increases the activation energy
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Inactivate the potential energy
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Decreases the activation energy
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Activate the potential energy
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During Interphase, the cells can either be preparing for cell division or performing its normal function. At what stage does the cell duplicate or copy its chromosomes?
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S phase
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G1 phase
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G2 phase
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G0 phase
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Which of the following statements about the sodium-potassium ATPase pump is false?
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The pump moves cations by the process of passive diffusion
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The concentration gradient of the ions created by the pump has potential energy
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ATP hydrolysis provides the energy for the pump to transport ions against their concentration gradients
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Potassium ions are pumped into the cell, and sodium ions are pumped out of the cell
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During the Prophase stage of animal cell mitosis, the following events start to happen-
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Chromosome replication and formation of sister chromatids
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Chromosomal alignment at the metaphase plate
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Chromosomal condensation and mitotic spindle formation
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Nuclear envelope degradation and mitotic spindle formation
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At the M phase of the animal cell cycle, what does the final checkpoint determine?
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That the chromosomes are not damaged
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That the chromosomes are attached tot he kinetochore
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That the organelles are complete
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That the cytoplasm is full and nutrients are available
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At the end of mitosis, the daughter cells are considered _______________, while after meiosis they become _______________.
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Diploid; Haploid
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Diploid; Aneuploid
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Haploid; Diploid
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Haploid; Aneuploid
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The chromosomal location where a kinetochore would attach during prometaphase is known as-
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Telomere
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Centriole
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Cytokinesis
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Centromere
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Embryonic stem cells that are cultured by researchers were originally taken from the ______________ of the embryo.
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zygote
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gastrula
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blastocyst
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inner cell mass
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Eukaryotic flagellum moves with the help of ---
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microtubules and Dynein
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Kinesin and microtubules
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Kinesin and actin
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Dynein and actin
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What cellular organelle allows cells such as the immune cells to digest pathogens?
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Nucleus
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Lysosome
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Proteasome
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Peroxisome
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An intrinsic property common to all stem cells is-
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Self-renewal
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Tumorigenic
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Antigenic
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Immunogenic
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Which of the following cannot be used as a final electron acceptor in anaerobic respiration
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sulfate
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iron (III)
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nitrate
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water
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Which process yields the most ATP?
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aerobic respiration
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alcohol fermentation
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anaerobic respiration
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lactic acid fermentation
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Which statement regarding obligate anaerobes is true?
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They can survive in the presence or absence of oxygen
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They require oxygen to survive
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They cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.
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They require carbon dioxide to survive.
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Which of the following compounds is most likely to accumulate in cells during a bout of strenuous exercise?
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lactic acid
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ATP
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NAD+
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alcohol
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Which of the following occurs during the Calvin cycle?
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Carbon is reduced and NADH is oxidized
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Carbon is oxidized and NADP+ is reduced
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Water is reduced and oxygen is oxidized
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Carbon is reduced and NADPH is oxidized
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What gives leaves their green color?
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carbon dioxide
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sunlight
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chloroform
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chlorophyll
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In which of these locations can photosynthesis take place?
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hydrothermal vents
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nucleus
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chloroplast
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mitochondria
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Which of the following terms refers tot he photosynthetic reactions that produce ATP and NADPH?
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Why do the leaves of most plants appear green?
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The atmosphere filters out all colors of visible wavelengths except green.
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Green light is the least absorbed wavelength by the chlorophyll pigments
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Green light is the most efficient wavelength on the action spectrum of most plants
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None of the answers are correct
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Which of the following molecules is the ultimate source of electrons for the electron transport chain in the light-dependent reactions?
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Which of the following is/are substrate(s) of RuBisCo?
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Under favorable environmental conditions, how do most prokaryotes reproduce?
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Meiosis
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Mitosis
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Budding
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Binary fission
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What is the role of centrosomes in mitosis?
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holding together the two sister chromatids
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organizing the microtubules that form the mitotic spindle
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acting as an attachment point between microtubules and chromosomes
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proofreading DNA
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What is the end product of both binary fission and mitosis?
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two daughter cells identical to the parent cell
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four daughter cells identical to the parent cell
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one cell carrying additional chromosomes imported from an engulfed cell
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four daughter cells, each with half of the parent cell's chromosomes
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Why is deletion of p53 genes damaging to an organism?
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p53 genes encode kinases necessary for cell cycle control
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Without p53, cells stop proliferating and enter G0
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The p53 protein pauses the cell cycle for repairs when necessary
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The p53 protein promotes cell proliferation.
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What is the difference between benign and malignant tumors?
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Benign tumors don't require surgery
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Benign tumors exhibit density dependence; malignant tumors do not.
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Malignant tumors metastasize; benign tumors do not.
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Only malignant tumors have undergone transformation
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What is the basic function of the various types of kinases active in the cell cylce control system?
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Which cell cycle phase are most cells of the human body in most of the time?
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Which of the following is/are an example of an intrinsic trigger for apoptosis?
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damaged DNA only
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mitochondrial damage only
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a ligand binding to the death receptor
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both damaged DNA and mitochondrial damage
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Which of the following is NOT a step in apoptosis in animal cells?
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The cytosol leaks out of the cell
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The cell membrane forms blebs
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The cell detaches itself from the surrounding cells
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DNA fragments and Caspases digest their target proteins
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Complete the following sentence: When a tissue is injured by a toxin and cells die, followed by immune system stimulation, this process is called ____________________
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How many chromosomes are there in a human sperm?
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How are sexual and asexual reproduction alike?
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They both require two parents
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Meiosis is necessary in both to complete the reproductive cycle
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They are both only seen in plants
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They can both occur in multicellular organisms
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Which one of the following is NOT the purpose of meiosis?
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If a sperm cell contains eight chromosomes, it was produced from an animal that had ______ chromosomes?
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Complete the following sentence: Changes in an organism's DNA result in changes of the expression of _____________________.
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RNA
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Chromosomes
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Centrosomes
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genes
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In Down syndrome, and individual receives three copies of chromosome 21 when he or she should only have received two. Which term describes this error in meiosis?
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random fertilization
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non-disjunction
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crossing over
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genetic diversity
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Describe how independent assortment during meiosis increases genetic variation?
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The random arrangement of chromosomes during metaphase I creates gametes that are genetically unique from one another
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Recombinant chromosomes are created, resulting in chromosomes that are genetically dissimilar from the parent's chromosomes
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The male and female gametes that meet are random
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The male and female gametes always have different numbers of chromosomes
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A(n) ____________ may be homozygous or heterozygous, whereas a(n) _______________ may be described as dominant or recessive.
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gene, trait
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genotype, phenotype
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allele, gene
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gene, allele
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If a homozygous dominant plant is crossed with a homozygous recessive plant, what proportion of offspring would be homozygous?
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What result showed up in the F1 generation of Mendel's first monohybrid crosses that countered prevailing ideas about inheritance?
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The plants could not breed to produce viable offspring
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All the plants looked like just one of the parents
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All the plants looked like both of the parents
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The parents did not breed true.
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In pea plants, yellow pea color (Y) is dominant to green pea color (y). A pea plant produces yellow peas. What is/are the possible genotype(s) of this plant?
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In pea plants, yellow pea color (Y) is dominant to green pea color (y). A pea plant produces green peas. What is/are the possible genotype(s) of this plant?
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What type of genetic cross can demonstrate both the principles of segregation and independent assortment?
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Sickle-cell anemia is a chronic disease in humans caused by a mutation in the gene for hemogoblin. People homozygous for this mutation periodically experience pain when their misshappen red blood cells get stuck in blood vessels. If both parents carry the mutation but do not show symptoms of sickle cell anemia, what is the probability that their child will NOT carry the mutation?
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Why does crossing true-breeding red and white snapdragons result in pink offspring?
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The allele that codes for the red pigment trait has incomplete dominance
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The alleles that code for the red and white trait are on the same chromosome
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Parents' traits blend in their offspring
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The allele that codes for the white color trait prevents expression of the gene that codes for the red color trait
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Which of these inheritance patterns involves interaction of more than one gene?
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Codminance
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Pleiotropy
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Environmental effects
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Epistasis
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What happens in overdominance?
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The hybrid has a more extreme phenotype than either parent
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Both participating alleles show an additive effect on the phenotype
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One gene has multiple phenotypic effects
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One gene prevents the other from exerting any effect
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Hemophilia A is a recessive X-linked genetic disorder. A healthy woman known to not carry the hemophilia allele has four sons and four daughters wht a man with hemophilia A. What proportion of her children would be expected to suffer from hemophilia A?
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half of the sons and all of the daughters
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none of the sons or daughters
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all of the daughters and none of the sons
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all of the sons and daughters
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Hemophilia A is a recessive X-linked genetic disorder. A woman with hemophilia A has several sons and daughters with a healthy man. On average, what proportion of her children would be expected to suffer from hemophilia A?
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half of the sons and all of the daughters
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half of the sons and daughters
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all of the daughters and none of the sons
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all of the sons and none of the daughters
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In humans, height is determined by a number of factors, and it exists along a continuum and not as discrete quantities. Which term describes this phenomenon?
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polygenic inheritance
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pleiotropy
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overdominance
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incomplete dominance
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What is the likelihood that a boy has an autosomal recessive genetic disease if both of his parents are carriers for the gene?
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A student researcher cultures stem cells in a petridish. The student replaced the culture medium with a solution that makes the cells self-renew. After replacing the medium, the student checked using a microscope how the cells are doing. Much to the student's surprise, all the cells have become big and some have lysed. The student suspected that the culture medium is -
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Hydrotonic solution
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Isotonic solution
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Hypertonic solution
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Hypotonic solution
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Which of the following molecules must move across the nuclear membrane (envelope) after being synthesized from a DNA sequence and is then translated by a ribosome?
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The purpose of the start codon is to serve as a staring point for ______________
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transcription
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making nucleotides
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condensation
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translation
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In animal cells, actin filaments are responsible for the formation of cleavage furrow. In plants, vesicles are formed in the middle of the dividing cell that is known as the-
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cell furrow
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cell bone
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cell plate
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cell stroma
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The DNA sequence template of the RNA base sequence 5'-AUUGUACGGUAGCUAU-3' is-
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5'-ATGACGGTAGCTAT-3'
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5'-AUGACGGUAGCUAU-3'
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5'-ATTGAACGGTAGCTAT-3'
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5'-ATTGTACGGTAGCTAT-3'
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The cytoskeletal protein associated with splitting two identical cells during cell division is-
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Centromere
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Intermediate filament
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Actin
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Microtubule
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Recombination during meiosis can only happen upon formation of -
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synaptonemal complex
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synaptic complex
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synaptotagmin complex
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centromere
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During the cell cycle (mitosis), the term describing the process of separation and creation of two identical cells is -
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Metaphase
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Anaphase
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Telophase
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Cytokinesis
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_________________ and ________________ compromise the mitosis promoting factor responsible for controlling the cell cycle.
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Cysteine; cysteine-dependent phosphatase
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Cyclin; cyclin-dependent kinase
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Cytosine; cyclin-dependent kinase
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Cyclin; cysteine-dependent kinase
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Refer to the figure above. What bases will be added to the primer as DNA replication proceeds? The bases should appear in the order that they will be added starting at the 5' end of the new strand
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T, C, T, G, C, T, G
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A, G, A, C, G, A, C
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A, G, A, C, A, G, C
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A, G, A, G, T, C, T